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[-] CapuccinoCoretto@lemmy.world 41 points 2 days ago

Is that cherenkov radiation or is the camera and film melting?

[-] LurkingLuddite@piefed.social 34 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Yes.

Also, this wouldn't produce an explosion. There is a MASSIVE difference between supercritical and bomb levels of prompt-critical.

Reactors are generally by design not even capable of supercritical without many things going wrong, let alone prompt-critical.

[-] CapuccinoCoretto@lemmy.world 25 points 2 days ago

What about the kaboom? There was supposed to be an earth shattering kaboom!

[-] Napster153@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

The reactor didn't have a pointy tip so it bounced off the ground.

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