Been talking to my mates and stuff and it seems the general consensus is that Reactor 3 has exploded. Opinions differ on whether the blast destroyed the reactor or whether it only broke its seal but even the experts on our site say it has all the trademarks of a nuclear blast.
When the building housing reactor 1 exploded it simply blew out the sheet metal walls and fired smoke and dust out to the sides a little. The explosion was roughly spherical and the shockwave was slow and progressive and dispersed quickly. This was not at all like a nuclear blast. More like the kind of blast that petrol, alcohol or explosives would make.
When reactor 3 blew up it couldn't have been more different.
The shockwave was mainly subterranean raising earth as it shook through the ground. The air pulse was fast, sudden and dispersed gradually. There was a lot more fire and a lot more smoke and finally the cloud was super hot and rose quickly producing the classic mushroom shape.
I think reactor 3 has exploded on a nuclear level. The reactor was very difficult to locate from above and from what I could make out, either the top of the reactor has blasted off or it's intact and has left a distinctive super heated blast mark. Either way that means the explosion was nuclear.
The framework has been blasted out too. The force of the blast must have been incredible. I'm not surprised at all that the generator pumps have been taken out. I'd be expecting to find people have been hurled through the air while working on the other 2 reactors.
Regular Explosion
Nuclear Blast
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