Talk:Nuclear flask

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[edit] Diagram and description inaccurate?

I'm not sure how reliable the diagram, and description inspired by it, are. (As of this revision). For one thing, it doesn't even state whether it's describing a Magnox or an AGR flask -- presumably a Magnox flask, given the thickness of the steel and the absence of lead shielding.

The diagram needs to be compared to the image here [1], and the cutaway in the CORE "spotter's guide" [2]

It's a shame the diagram doesn't make more of the distinctive cooling fins and shape of the flasks, so iconic in the repeated lingering shots of the nuclear train in Edge of Darkness; in pics from the 1980s [3] [4] before they added the transport cabins; and the crash-test one [5] now on display in Blackpool. Also the innermost "skip" is surely rather larger than our diagram presents it.

The presentation of the "flask locking hasp and bolt" which "takes around two hours to remove" also seems to be a bit curious. In other drawings there seem to be a number of bolts -- sixteen or thirty two, securing each edge of the lid. Jheald (talk) 12:01, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Flasks also sometimes go by road: [6] Jheald (talk) 12:47, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

I've adjusted the descriptions a little bit; but not the diagram. Jheald (talk) 12:39, 16 May 2008 (UTC)