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I would call an earthquake (which was larger than it was designed to withstand) followed by a tsunami (which knocked out the emergency generators) pretty catast

• rbanffy 16y ago
  It was designed to shut down during a quake, something it did. What bothers me is that something that generates so much heat as to require active cooling (something that already indicates less than ideal operating conditions) requires an external system to cool it. The first option should always be to use the reactor to generate power to operate the pumps that cool it. A small turbine mechanically connected to the pumps would be a better option. Operating the cooling system doesn't require more than a tiny fraction of the post-shutdown thermal output. I am fine with having the independent generators to operate cooling pumps in an emergency shutdown, but I am not very enthusiastic as they being the first line of defense.