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It's called MRI quenching and dangerous it can be[1].

[1] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1R7KsfosV-o

Modern high-field superconducting MRI magnets can hold tens of megajoules of stored magnetic field energy, equivalent to the explosive energy in several kilograms of TNT.

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