@Lauchs@lemmy.world to Fake History Porn@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agoMom cleans my room very sarcastically (1986)lemmy.worldimagemessage-square23arrow-up1302
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minus-square@Lauchs@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglish23•2 years agoReal photo info: Picture of the “Elephant’s foot” which is a melted mess of radioactive fun from Chernobyl post accident. More info here: https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/the-elephant-foot-of-the-chernobyl-disaster-1986/
minus-square@BreadOven@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish10•2 years agoThe article says at that point ('96) a lethal dose would take 500 seconds of exposure. Still not good though.
minus-square@max@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglish3•2 years agoIt is, though this deposit of Corium is called the elephant’s foot due to its shape.
minus-squareJakyllalinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agoYes, actually “Corium” is a word that was made for the occasion, meaning “Element made by the core of nuclear reactor”; the elephant’s foot is that particular blob of corium that is under Chernobyl’s reactor
Real photo info: Picture of the “Elephant’s foot” which is a melted mess of radioactive fun from Chernobyl post accident.
More info here: https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/the-elephant-foot-of-the-chernobyl-disaster-1986/
Probably the last picture that guy ever took.
The article says at that point ('96) a lethal dose would take 500 seconds of exposure. Still not good though.
Isn’t the term for the melted fuel/reactor bits corium
It is, though this deposit of Corium is called the elephant’s foot due to its shape.
Yes, actually “Corium” is a word that was made for the occasion, meaning “Element made by the core of nuclear reactor”; the elephant’s foot is that particular blob of corium that is under Chernobyl’s reactor