Chernobyl's molten insides are warming up, and no one knows why.

[bob10]

The space under the old Unit Four reactor [ room 305/2] is thought to contain around half of the reactors original fuel. It may be nothing. It may drop away again. But scientists are nervous.



Chernobyl's Molten Guts Are Warming Up, And Scientists Don't Know Why (msn.com) (https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/techandscience/chernobyl-s-molten-guts-are-warming-up-and-scientists-don-t-know-why/ar-BB1gDJyB?ocid=msedgdhp)

[bob10]

From the Lyncean group of San Diego, a post accident view of the unit 4 reactor building.





https://lynceans.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Coin-Front.png https://lynceans.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Coin-Back.png





Room 305/2 | The Lyncean Group of San Diego (lynceans.org) (https://lynceans.org/tag/room-305-2/)

[bob10]

It's like the embers in a BBQ pit. Richard Stone.

https://www.sciencemag.org/sites/default/files/styles/contributor_thumb_sq/public/contributor-images/RichStone.jpg?itok=oYiFnGAw (https://www.sciencemag.org/author/richard-stone)
Richard Stone (https://www.sciencemag.org/author/richard-stone)Richard Stone is senior science editor at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Tangled Bank Studios in Chevy Chase, Maryland






‘It’s like the embers in a barbecue pit.’ Nuclear reactions are smoldering again at Chernobyl | Science | AAAS (sciencemag.org) (https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/05/nuclear-reactions-reawaken-chernobyl-reactor?utm_campaign=news_daily_2021-05-05&et_rid=215579562&et_cid=3762851)