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In reply to the discussion: Russia Unveils Detailed Plans To Build 21 New Nuclear Power Units By 2030 [View all]Kelvin Mace
(17,469 posts)46. So, the impurities in the water that do become radioactive
are not emitting the correct particle, i.e. neutrons, to induce radioactivity in other materials?
I note that the site you sent me to says this about the PWR:
PWRs keep water under pressure so that it heats, but does not boil. Water from the reactor and the water in the steam generator that is turned into steam never mix. In this way, most of the radioactivity stays in the reactor area.
Not being picky, but I do pay attention to the way government can use, and misuse words, so I am cautious. If "most" of the radiation stays in the reactor, what is found outside the reactor?
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Russia Unveils Detailed Plans To Build 21 New Nuclear Power Units By 2030 [View all]
FBaggins
Nov 2013
OP
Do they have any detailed plans about how they are going to dismantle them in 20 -50 years?
intaglio
Nov 2013
#2
So you are saying that long lived radio-isotopes are not present in nuclear waste.
intaglio
Nov 2013
#16
Nope... I'm not saying that. Nor most of the rest of your imagined statements.
FBaggins
Nov 2013
#20
And how does the fluid in the primary cooling circuit move through that circuit?
intaglio
Nov 2013
#62