the reactor over heated and the fail safe shut down failed
This can be used to blow up enemy ships (e.g E12)
A Powder Keg will blow up on its own once the fuse runs out. In addition, using a weapon on it such as a bow or a bomb will cause it to blow up earlier.
The explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant was caused by a combination of flawed reactor design, operator error during a safety test, and a lack of safety culture. The reactor's power surged uncontrollably, leading to a steam explosion and subsequent fire that released a large amount of radioactive material into the environment.
The explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in 1986 was caused by a combination of design flaws in the reactor and operator errors during a safety test. The reactor's power surged unexpectedly, leading to a buildup of steam pressure and a steam explosion that destroyed the reactor core. This was followed by a second, more powerful explosion caused by the ignition of hydrogen released during the core meltdown.
You might have caused a spark trying to jump off the vehicle
There was a leak caused by small O-rings deforming at the low ambient temperatures.
No, unless the gas leak caused your house to blow up.
Pressure caused by gasses leaking from his dead corpse popped the lead coffin open before he was buried.
cerebral concussion
did not blow up
A steam explosion from flash evaporation of coolant water. This is what blew up Chernobyl.A chemical hydrogen/oxygen gas explosion caused by build up of hydrogen gas in the plant when water decomposes on contact with overheated zirconium fuel rod cladding.A nuclear explosion in a nuclear reactor is not possible, the fuel cannot be assembled into a supercritical mass configuration fast enough (~1ms) as this would require explosives. If the reactor core did suddenly go slightly supercritical, the energy release would simply cause a brief partial meltdown, restoring the material to a subcritical configuration. This could trigger a steam explosion that ejected parts of the reactor core (as happened at Chernobyl) but no nuclear yield would occur.
Mercury did not blow up.