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Not only does the water spend several decades cooling the fuel rods, but it also affects their radiation. The water essentially acts as a biological shield with hydrogen absorbing and deflecting the radiation bouncing against it. This makes it completely safe for you to stand near the pool with no ill effects.May 19, 2019

What would happen if you fell into a spent nuclear fuel pool?

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Can you swim in nuclear reactor?

So unless you're swimming in the water directly surrounding a nuclear core, you're going to be fine.

Can you swim in a nuclear waste pool?

Practically, no. The nuclear reactor pool contains radiation, but most of the water is not radioactive. It would be possible to swim on the surface of a nuclear reactor pool, and even go down a few feet. Specially trained divers are used to inspect the rods as needed.

What would happen if you were exposed to a nuclear reactor?

Radioactive materials can also get inside the body if people breathe it in, or eat or drink something that is contaminated. People living close to the nuclear power plant who are exposed to radiation could experience long-term health effects such as cancer.

Why are spent fuel pools blue?

In a pool-type reactor, the amount of blue glow can be used to gauge the radioactivity of spent fuel rods. The radiation is used in particle physics experiments to help identify the nature of the particles being examined.

Why are spent fuel rods hot?

When fuel rods in a nuclear reactor are “spent,” or no longer usable, they are removed from the reactor core and replaced with fresh fuel rods. The spent fuel rods are still highly radioactive and continue to generate significant heat for decades.

Can you hold uranium in your hand?

If you hold it [in] your hand (and I've held tons of it my hand, a pound or two at a time), it's heavy, like lead. It's toxic, like lead or arsenic, but not much more so.

How hot is a nuclear fuel rod?

These are formed from pressed uranium oxide (UO2), which is sintered (baked) at a high temperature (over 1400°C)c. The pellets are then encased in metal tubes to form fuel rods, which are arranged into a fuel assembly ready for introduction into a reactor.

Is it possible to survive a nuke?

Technically, humans can withstand that much pressure, but most people would be killed by falling buildings. If you somehow survive all of that, there's still the radiation poisoning to deal with – and the nuclear fallout.