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by ncmncm
1571 days ago
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Thousands of tons of radioactive molten lithium would be quite noticeable if spilled, especially since it would instantly burst into flame, and spraying water on that would make it explode. On the plus side, it wouldn't be very radioactive, not like a nuke meltdown. Mostly molten and on fire. |
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"Acute inhalation toxicopathology of lithium combustion aerosols in rats", A.H.Rebar, B.J.Greenspan, M.D.Allen
"Male and female F344/Lov rats were exposed to aerosols produced by burning lithium metal under conditions designed to simulate a fire in the containment building of a fusion reactor. ... 14-day LC50 values ... were 940 mg/m^3 ... necrotizing laryngitis and ulcerative rhinitis"
[0] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3089861/
[1] https://sci-hub.se/10.1016/0272-0590(86)90197-1