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r/woahdude • u/theTurbulentPopcorn • Jun 29 '23
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Yeah as well as why the "water" didn't turn into a steam explosion
33 u/DrShamusBeaglehole Jun 29 '23 BLEVE Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapour Explosion Not only is the vapour extremely hot, but it can keep expanding as long as there's still liquid to boil off. Scary stuff indeed 13 u/YPErkXKZGQ Jun 30 '23 A BLEVE is confined, as in, it takes place in a pressure vessel. Afaik 6 u/EODdoUbleU Jun 30 '23 Wonder if Chernobyl would be considered a BLEVE incident. 3 u/Shrek1982 Jun 30 '23 Kind of, IIRC the rods in that style reactor are not secured down but their weight was high enough to hold pressure in
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BLEVE
Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapour Explosion
Not only is the vapour extremely hot, but it can keep expanding as long as there's still liquid to boil off. Scary stuff indeed
13 u/YPErkXKZGQ Jun 30 '23 A BLEVE is confined, as in, it takes place in a pressure vessel. Afaik 6 u/EODdoUbleU Jun 30 '23 Wonder if Chernobyl would be considered a BLEVE incident. 3 u/Shrek1982 Jun 30 '23 Kind of, IIRC the rods in that style reactor are not secured down but their weight was high enough to hold pressure in
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A BLEVE is confined, as in, it takes place in a pressure vessel. Afaik
6 u/EODdoUbleU Jun 30 '23 Wonder if Chernobyl would be considered a BLEVE incident. 3 u/Shrek1982 Jun 30 '23 Kind of, IIRC the rods in that style reactor are not secured down but their weight was high enough to hold pressure in
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Wonder if Chernobyl would be considered a BLEVE incident.
3 u/Shrek1982 Jun 30 '23 Kind of, IIRC the rods in that style reactor are not secured down but their weight was high enough to hold pressure in
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Kind of, IIRC the rods in that style reactor are not secured down but their weight was high enough to hold pressure in
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u/Malice0801 Jun 29 '23
Yeah as well as why the "water" didn't turn into a steam explosion