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> He took a dip in a pool with a functioning nuclear pile

xkcd published a What If? video about the consequences of swimming in a nuclear fuel pool: https://youtu.be/EFRUL7vKdU8



A pool containing nuclear fuel is different from a pool containing a running nuclear reactor with no other shielding, though.


A "pile" is not just a description of the thing, it is an actual formal term (old one!) meaning "reactor". So not just a bunch of radioactive matetial.


Here it is in written form. The punchline is worth the read/watch.

https://what-if.xkcd.com/29/




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