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Stopping reactors is not the problem, those in Fukushima did stop properly as the earthquake struck. The problem is dealing with the decay heat aftewards.
by rimantas 16y ago
Stopping reactors is not the problem, those in Fukushima did stop properly as the earthquake struck. The problem is dealing with the decay heat aftewards.
- dhughes 16y agoI think that's what's good about CANDU, we were so poor here in Canada it was designed using separate tubes which makes it possible to remove entire fuel bundle tubes without requiring the core to be de-pressurized, it's kind of a modular core from what I've read.