Corium - you may be hearing this term in the coming days
Posted by JAC on 3/25/2011, 7:42 am
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corium_(nuclear_reactor)


Corium, also called fuel containing material (FCM) or lava-like fuel containing material (LFCM), is a lava-like molten mixture of portions of nuclear reactor core, formed during a nuclear meltdown, the most severe class of a nuclear reactor accident.

It consists of nuclear fuel, control rods, structural materials from the affected parts of the reactor, products of their chemical reaction with air, water and steam, and, in case the reactor vessel is breached, molten concrete from the floor of the reactor room.



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