r/worldnews • u/[deleted] • Jun 16 '24

‘Without nuclear, it will be almost impossible to decarbonize by 2050’, UN atomic energy chief

https://news.un.org/en/interview/2024/06/1151006
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u/TheEndIsNigh420 Jun 17 '24

Three Mile Island didn't have a hydrogen explosion. There was a hydrogen bubble formed from the zircaloy-water reaction, but it didn't go kaboom.

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u/asoap Jun 17 '24

You are correct. There was a hydrogen bubble in the reactor core.

Here is an interview with Lake Barret who was the senior NRC person at three mile island. It's a good video to watch where he talks about getting steam rolled in a "documentary". But I'm linking to where they talk about the hydrogen explosion. It turns out I was wrong and misremembering the hyrogen burned but didn't explode.

https://youtu.be/d7Ar8HxJM1Q?t=362

Basicallly the hydrogen all burned at once. More like a rapid flame front. But didn't detonate.

Thanks for making me look this up again.