☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 14 hours ago'World-first' waste-burning reactor: China eyes 1000-year nuclear energyinterestingengineering.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up150
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minus-squarearty@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 hours agoI just wanted to say that at a volume of an Olympic swimming pool of 2500 m³, and a density of plutonium of 19.85 g/cm³, a pool can contain about ridiculous 50,000 tons of plutonium
minus-squareDelphia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 hours agoTheres always someone who does the math for me and I appreciate you. I was thinking “90,000 tons is a LOT, But swiming pools are also a massive volume and nuclear material is very dense… hmmmm”
I just wanted to say that at a volume of an Olympic swimming pool of 2500 m³, and a density of plutonium of 19.85 g/cm³, a pool can contain about ridiculous 50,000 tons of plutonium
Theres always someone who does the math for me and I appreciate you.
I was thinking “90,000 tons is a LOT, But swiming pools are also a massive volume and nuclear material is very dense… hmmmm”