• SkidFace@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Nononono whyyyy is it emitting plutonium, the plutonium would be emitting radioactive particles D:

    Also, it likely wouldn’t glow blue since there are no reflectors, so it wouldn’t reach criticality.

    I love this one regardless :)

    • TimeSquirrel@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      Weapons grade spheres of plutonium need reflectors because they are just below critical mass, and the reflector pushes it slightly into criticality. There’s nothing stopping you from making it a critical mass in the first place. Accidents have occurred with liquids at power plants where enough of it was pooled together to achieve criticality without a neutron reflector.