At 9:22 AM 1/26/5, Jed Rothwell wrote: >[I will upload an Acrobat version of this report that includes photographs.] > >Accident Report > >Tadahiko Mizuno >Division of Quantum Energy Engineering, >Research group of Nuclear System Engineering >Hokkaido University [snip] >The >cell was placed inside a constant temperature air-cooled incubator (Yamato >1L-6) with the outer door open, and the inner Plexiglas safety door closed. [snip]
Please excuse my comments if this has already been discussed. I have been sick lately, and have no web access at the moment. Since the safety door was closed the likely confining compartment of the exploding gas would seem to be the incubator itself. Do you know the dimensions of the incubator? It may be capable of confining enough gas to make such an explosion, i.e. to force open the plexiglass door, and spray the glass outward, unless the Yamato 1L-6 is highly ventillated, which seems unlikely since it is temperature controlled. Regards, Horace Heffner
