Reply To: Animated plasma.

[Aeronaut]

Breakable wrote:

AFAIK, all the X-rays are captured as part of the photoelectric current generation. And the water/boron shells catch the soft neutrons from side-reactions.

I am not an expert in radiation management, but I think that shielding is a function of radioactivity. And until I see some number I think that radioactive isotopes will probably accumulate in a running FF module until it is turned off and “cools” down.

Eric stated in the Google Talks video that the core cools down to background radiation levels in 13 hours, citing a half-life of something like 20 minutes. He compares the starting radiation level to a room full of school kids- not much compared to fission plants