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		kibwen 6 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A worker fell into a nuclear reactor pool If it was just swimming in it that would be one thing. Ingesting the water could be very bad, depending on what's in it.

PaulHoule 6 months ago [–]

They keep the water in an LWR pretty clean to avoid corrosion problems. Thing is the slightest almost of tritium in the water will light up a portal detector like a pinball machine on tilt.

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