in Chernobyl it was burning graphite, in this case we have water being separated into hydrogen and oxygen and later explosively recombining back - the 2 reactors have exploded so far.
The differences:
- burning graphite was adding energy, in the current water case - the energy is provided only by the core.
- containment structure.
So, while there is obvious similarity to Chernobyl, there is very significant quantitative difference as to the intensity of the process. As long as the core temperature going down, it should be fine. Is it going down?
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in Chernobyl it was burning graphite, in this case we have water being separated into hydrogen and oxygen and later explosively recombining back - the 2 reactors have exploded so far.
The differences:
- burning graphite was adding energy, in the current water case - the energy is provided only by the core.
- containment structure.
So, while there is obvious similarity to Chernobyl, there is very significant quantitative difference as to the intensity of the process. As long as the core temperature going down, it should be fine. Is it going down?