An educational look at a nuclear pile. Piles weren't often created to generate power, being instead used for nuclear experimentation and for fabricating plutonium. Now with toggles for more interactivity.
nebulus
chemistry
nuclear
reactor
pile
science
demonstration
Comments
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correction: it's back to 350c, it tends to runaway when the pressure is too high though
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correction: 550c. probably more
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if you're wondering where the rods are, well... some piles just didn't use them! that, and the temperature tends to stabilise at around 350c because of the active cooling