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		kibwen 23 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A worker fell into a nuclear reactor pool If it was just swimming in it that would be one thing. Ingesting the water could be very bad, depending on what's in it.

PaulHoule 23 days ago [–]

They keep the water in an LWR pretty clean to avoid corrosion problems. Thing is the slightest almost of tritium in the water will light up a portal detector like a pinball machine on tilt.

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