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UNIT 3 REPORT: iangoddard.com/fukushima01.html
See this model illustrated: youtu.be/VZoBb-8oxdg
and a short overview of it: youtu.be/d9zXxI8Zihs
A steam explosion does not necessarily exclude a nuclear criticality as considered in my first video (in fact the explosion of the Borax test reactor was both a criticality and a steam explosion youtu.be/8WfNzJVxVz4?t=13m37s ), but at the same time a steam explosion does not require a nuclear criticality because interactions of molten fuel and water can be sufficient to generate a steam explosion.
A few cites on ex-vessel steam explosions
tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/18811248.2006.9711159#preview
jolisfukyu.tokai-sc.jaea.go.jp/fukyu/mirai-en/2006/5_7.html
Figure 4.3-4 in this paper:
pbadupws.nrc.gov/docs/ML0210/ML021080117.pdf
UNIT 3 REPORT: iangoddard.com/fukushima01.html
See this model illustrated: youtu.be/VZoBb-8oxdg
and a short overview of it: youtu.be/d9zXxI8Zihs
A steam explosion does not necessarily exclude a nuclear criticality as considered in my first video (in fact the explosion of the Borax test reactor was both a criticality and a steam explosion youtu.be/8WfNzJVxVz4?t=13m37s ), but at the same time a steam explosion does not require a nuclear criticality because interactions of molten fuel and water can be sufficient to generate a steam explosion.
A few cites on ex-vessel steam explosions
tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/18811248.2006.9711159#preview
jolisfukyu.tokai-sc.jaea.go.jp/fukyu/mirai-en/2006/5_7.html
Figure 4.3-4 in this paper:
pbadupws.nrc.gov/docs/ML0210/ML021080117.pdf
