| We do play around with some potentially very dangerous things with steam. The boilers and the gas tanks can cause serious injury if not used carefully and, as you say, we have to ensure that things are tested properly. That could have been very nasty if it had been full of water as the water would instantly flash off at a rate of one unit of water to 1,700 units of steam. Thats why steam plant explosions are so violent.
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