Lime on Top

The article I read was about ways of making nuclear power plants safer for workers and people within a close proximity. The reason they can become unsafe is due to the build up of lime scale in the kettles around the nuclear plant. This is because of the hard water that can leave a residue after it is run over the kettles. Over time this residue can get so big that it leaves the top that look like stalagmites. This test examined if the growths that accumulated in the kettles are actually real stalagmites. The conclusion to this study was concluded they are the same thing. They both have lime deposits in them and they both grow in the same pattern. These need to be removed, if at all possible, from the kettles.  

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/12/141204074148.htm

Submitted by Ryan Brown