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Originally posted by onequestion
So what does a typical nuclear explosion look like?
Originally posted by downtown436
reply to post by JohnPhoenix
Here is the footage of the building 1 explosion, notice the lack of orange fireball, and giant towering black mushroom cloud. You will see a shock wave, as it was a very energetic event, and I cannot say if the building 1 reactor exploded, but the part of the building that houses the reactor core is still intact on building 1.
Here is reactor #3 exploding, notice the orange fireball, and the extreme amount of destruction that it caused. The only reason I say it is a nuclear explosion is that the reactor core exploded and whether it was hydrogen, or the achievement of critical mass, doesn't matter because there was an insane amount of fissile materiel involved in the explosion.
What is your source for that information?
Originally posted by SammyB
I'm sorry but what I saw was not even close to a hydrogen explosion. Those have dirty white clouds of smoke.
Originally posted by Pervius
No cooling rods can stop the process happening now, nor water.
How would pressure forcibly eject the control rods?
Originally posted by Long Lance
4) with the core fully covered in (now pressurized) water, pressure goes off the scale (which may or may not go unnoticed, depending on the plant's condition) - and forcibly ejects the control rods.
any thoughts?
No I was asking a different question. What makes you think a hydrogen explosion always presents itself as a dirty white cloud of smoke? And are you also claiming that other types of explosions can't also make a dirty white cloud of smoke, like an explosion caused by steam?
Originally posted by SammyB
My point exactly. Where is the source?