Neutron counts under the Chernobyl sarcophagus rose, but the best evidence says the spike came from shifting moisture inside the wrecked reactor, not an approaching chain reaction.

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    3 days ago

    They said that the keff value doesn’t exceed 1.27, is that within the normal range for this? Anything over 1 is supercritical, so shouldn’t any value of greater than 1 be concerning?