I like to have build craft quarries mine in the ocean/rivers. Anything to fill them with water. I end up with nice ~20x20 pits full of water that go down to bedrock. My question is: if I build a reactor in the middle of one of these pits down at around y=35, what will the explosion of the reactor do to the sides of the pit? Is it absorbed by the water? Or does the force just pass through the water until it hits something solid?
Nuclear explosions and water
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It is absorbed and deflected slightly by the water. The resistance is fairly nerfed, but as long as your power output cable has enough bends in the correct places to provide isolation that way it should work...
Of course refueling this thing will then be a major headache.
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one nuke under water is no problem, the water just evaporate and the water above will refill it.
9 nuke will blow up all to bedrock... -
You don't need that much water to cool it down .. If you're concerned with safety, simply run a risk-free setup in your reactor.
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I like to have build craft quarries mine in the ocean/rivers. Anything to fill them with water. I end up with nice ~20x20 pits full of water that go down to bedrock. My question is: if I build a reactor in the middle of one of these pits down at around y=35, what will the explosion of the reactor do to the sides of the pit? Is it absorbed by the water? Or does the force just pass through the water until it hits something solid?
I would test it on a creative world first...
It should be fine, I would just run my cable straight up, if this is in ocean by the time the explosion gets to the surface it won't have enough strength to reach land...