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If humans suddenly disappeared, would nuke/chemical plants explode/meltdown?
Posted on 6/29/17 at 9:50 am
Posted on 6/29/17 at 9:50 am
Came up in a discussion of the hypothetical "last man on earth" or "last group of people." If mankind suddenly vanished except for a few survivors, we'd only have electric power running for a short time. Would the nuke power plants and chemical plants implode or meltdown without crews and power?
Chlorine tank cars would eventually rust and release their cargo (along with that of other chemical tank cars).
My position was that if a few people survived, environmental disasters would almost certainly eliminate them in short order.
Chlorine tank cars would eventually rust and release their cargo (along with that of other chemical tank cars).
My position was that if a few people survived, environmental disasters would almost certainly eliminate them in short order.
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Posted on 6/29/17 at 9:52 am to chinhoyang
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If humans suddenly disappeared, would nuke/chemical plants explode/meltdown?
would it matter?
Posted on 6/29/17 at 9:52 am to chinhoyang
member that time you took a journey on a train but you lied about it and got called out? I member, we all member.
Posted on 6/29/17 at 9:52 am to chinhoyang
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My position was that if a few people survived, environmental disasters would almost certainly eliminate them in short order.
Well this certainly puts a dent in my idea of moving into a nuclear power plant after near extinction in order to take advantage of the warmth from the reactor.
Posted on 6/29/17 at 9:52 am to chinhoyang
no one would be here to know if they did.
Posted on 6/29/17 at 9:54 am to chinhoyang
Fail safe mode for most plants. Leaks from tanks would start small and be spotty across land.
That would be the least of their problems.
Watch Nekkid and Afraid if you want to see what life would be like after supplies ran out.
That would be the least of their problems.
Watch Nekkid and Afraid if you want to see what life would be like after supplies ran out.
Posted on 6/29/17 at 9:54 am to poncho villa
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member that time you took a journey on a train but you lied about it and got called out? I member, we all member.
Posted on 6/29/17 at 9:56 am to poncho villa
quote:I laughed out loud
member that time you took a journey on a train but you lied about it and got called out? I member, we all member.
Posted on 6/29/17 at 9:57 am to chinhoyang
Shouldn't we be more concerned about why mankind suddenly disappeared?
Posted on 6/29/17 at 9:57 am to chinhoyang
Discovery or TLC used to have a show depicting this exact scenario, I forgot what happens though
Posted on 6/29/17 at 9:58 am to chinhoyang
Youtube
This video explains what is supposed to happen when nuclear reactors shut themselves down in an emergency.
This video explains what is supposed to happen when nuclear reactors shut themselves down in an emergency.
Posted on 6/29/17 at 9:58 am to Redbone
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Watch Nekkid and Afraid if you want to see what life would be like after supplies ran out.
If only a small group survived, they should have plenty of food and water for a while (just raid grocery stores).
A pall of radioactivity would certainly be a big hazard.
My question was - would fail safe shut the plant down when the power grid started failing?
Posted on 6/29/17 at 10:01 am to airfernando
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Shouldn't we be more concerned about why mankind suddenly disappeared?
This alien from the future explains why
Posted on 6/29/17 at 10:06 am to whit
There's a show called life after humans (or something like that) that goes into what would happen in 1, 10, 50, etc years after humans. It's pretty interesting. The fail safe thing would work for a time but would eventually fail and meltdowns would happen.
One cool thing was how fast cutzu vines would completely cover Atlanta.
One cool thing was how fast cutzu vines would completely cover Atlanta.
Posted on 6/29/17 at 10:08 am to chinhoyang
There's literally an entire popular television series dedicated to this very topic that discusses nuclear in the first episode
Posted on 6/29/17 at 10:10 am to Lacour
Posted on 6/29/17 at 10:18 am to chinhoyang
Well, if I was the last man on earth I would definitely drive the country with a radiation detector on all the time.
and be lonely.
and be lonely.
This post was edited on 6/29/17 at 10:19 am
Posted on 6/29/17 at 10:20 am to jeffsdad
Then i'd meet the last woman on earth...and she would say....ewww, you must be a nerd with that radiation detector going.....I can't date you.
Posted on 6/29/17 at 10:27 am to poncho villa
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member that time you took a journey on a train but you lied about it and got called out? I member, we all member.
Posted on 6/29/17 at 10:29 am to chinhoyang
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would nuke/chemical plants explode/meltdown?
No - lots of safety trips and shutdown sequences are built in.
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My position was that if a few people survived, environmental disasters would almost certainly eliminate them in short order.
No.
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