Frankly, rupturing any tank of just about any hexafluoride compound would be expected to be pretty dangerous.
I’m by no means a nuclear expert, I was just a nuke plant mechanic. The reason I am unafraid of radiation isn’t because the fearmongering is baseless, it’s because I’m enough of a lay expert to know the magnitude of the actual risks.
How is elemental uranium a fire hazard? Does flame spread across it faster that it spreads across wood paneling? I never considered that kind of hazard to be important, because uranium-as-she-is-used is safe enough from fire.
Frankly, rupturing any tank of just about any hexafluoride compound would be expected to be pretty dangerous.
I’m by no means a nuclear expert, I was just a nuke plant mechanic. The reason I am unafraid of radiation isn’t because the fearmongering is baseless, it’s because I’m enough of a lay expert to know the magnitude of the actual risks.
How is elemental uranium a fire hazard? Does flame spread across it faster that it spreads across wood paneling? I never considered that kind of hazard to be important, because uranium-as-she-is-used is safe enough from fire.