[velobro]

I'm annoyed how the author never actually explained what Corium was. Just described it as "the most toxic substance" and hoped readers would go along with the ride thinking it's some new material.

All it is is an amalgamation of melted fission materials and reactor components like control rods.

[rdiddly]

Yeah I feel like maybe some irony or humor is being lost too. Do we really think whoever named it "corium" was proposing an official name to be taken with seriousness and reverence? Probably it was a joke that started with its rhyming with thorium. Something on a par with "unobtainium." If a writer were to reverently and carefully explain that so-and-so's custom racing bike is made of unobtainium, the most expensive substance known to man, I'd be like, you missed the joke buddy!

[ygra]

It's mentioned somewhat, but admittedly not terribly clear:

> Of the five corium creations, only Cherobyl’s has escaped its containment. With no water to cool the mass, the radioactive sludge moved through the unit over the course a week following the meltdown, taking on molten concrete and sand to go along with the uranium (fuel) and zirconium (cladding) molecules.

[craftinator]

You have heard of Google and Duck Duck Go, correct?

[zapzupnz]

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