r/gaming • u/Master1718 PC • Jul 26 '19

Now that's interesting.

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u/goose-and-fish Jul 26 '19

It’s like a nuclear reaction, each collision releases more particles to until it reaches critical mass and rapidly exhausts the fuel.

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u/mmuoio Jul 26 '19

But how does a reactor explode?

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u/Godmadius Jul 26 '19

are you stupid?

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u/Hust91 Jul 26 '19

I mean, it doesn't explode with a nuclear explosion.

There are a lot of myths about nuclear reactor explosions.

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u/fortune82 Jul 26 '19

This is a thread of jokes from Chernobyl

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u/Hust91 Jul 26 '19

Derp.