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I saw a figure earlier today (can't recall where sorry) that once the control rods are in and the reactor is shutdown it still produces 6% of the usual amount o
by DrStalker 16y ago
I saw a figure earlier today (can't recall where sorry) that once the control rods are in and the reactor is shutdown it still produces 6% of the usual amount of heat, which is enough to still require some cooling.
- beefman 16y agoThe decay heat is about 5% of full reactor power at shutdown, but decreases exponentially thereafter, to about 1% at 4 hours, etc. Daiichi units 1 & 3 are about 1.4 and 2.4 MW(th) respectively.