U.K. Nuclear accidents and incidents

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Originally Posted by petit plateau

Are the windows he is talking about the four circles within the larger circle at the farther end of the tunnel from the photographer ? I've never been on a V and it is a long time since I've been on an S/T but I do vaguely recall a place where you could peer down from within the tunnel.

Isn't the reactor compartment roughly at centre of gravity/boyancy ? and if so trim wouldn't really notice ?

Bouyancy depends on volume .... and most of the space is filled by the kettle and the plumbing, so the mass of additional water might not be that large. If the dit is true then obviously it wasn't too great.

There is still a lot of empty space and buoyancy depends on mass of water displaced. A "full" reactor compartment would weigh a fair bit and would probably move the Cof G in respect of the centre of lift. There are also an awful lot of electrics in that compartment.