BrightCharlie
BrightCharlie t1_j93b1jl wrote
Reply to comment by Nyrin in Was reading something related to Rock Salt mining. In places like the Himalayas where rock salt mining is done in cold temperatures, a lot of miners report burns. Why is it so that salt burns in a colder surroundings? Would it be the same reason why the salt ice challenge was so dangerous? by vvdmoneymuttornot
And in case you're wondering where the water comes from in rock salt, remember that sodium chloride is a powerful desiccant, it'll literally remove water from the air and turn it into salt water -- which is also why it's used as a food preservative, because it very thoroughly dries it (and any bacteria it might have, too)
BrightCharlie t1_j62vhjk wrote
"Sure, there's a bit of smoke coming out from it when I do it, but that's normal, right?"
BrightCharlie t1_jc1xudx wrote
Reply to comment by Hiddencamper in Why were the control rods in the reactor featured in the HBO series 'Chernobyl' (2019) tipped with graphite? by Figorama
>Why there weren’t mechanical limits on the control rods equipped with followers or other system interlocks is beyond me
To be fair to the designers, they did have to override a bunch of automatic and safety features that existed precisely to avoid accidents like that.
I'd argue that what happened in Chernobyl wasn't exactly an accident, because they deliberately put the reactor in a state where bad things would definitely happen -- as they did.