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A Nuclear Plant Worker Fell Into a Reactor Pool—and Somehow Survived (www.vice.com)
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[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago

Reactor pools are surprisingly safe. Water acts as a strong insulator for radiation, and you have to dive down pretty deep to reach dangerous levels of radiation. It's not a good idea to jump in, but people do fall into the pools and usually survive.