The summary is that yes, typically concrete would melt at temperatures anywhere in the range that you'd expected a molten core to be at.
My understanding is that newer designs have a "core catcher" under the reactor made of something more resistant than concrete, but this unit doesn't.
The summary is that yes, typically concrete would melt at temperatures anywhere in the range that you'd expected a molten core to be at.
My understanding is that newer designs have a "core catcher" under the reactor made of something more resistant than concrete, but this unit doesn't.