Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoMicrosoft Needs So Much Power to Train AI That It's Considering Small Nuclear Reactorsfuturism.comexternal-linkmessage-square421fedilinkarrow-up11.16Karrow-down130
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minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-29 months agoThey can also get hot enough to melt the metallic components (including the fuel itself) if the reaction isn’t properly regulated (hence, “meltdown”), but you’re correct that that’s still not a fission explosion.
They can also get hot enough to melt the metallic components (including the fuel itself) if the reaction isn’t properly regulated (hence, “meltdown”), but you’re correct that that’s still not a fission explosion.