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Fukushima is a BWR design using water moderator, closed with a lid bolted on a flange. It uses two pumps. Chernobyl is a RBMK design with graphite moderator and
by petre 6y ago
Fukushima is a BWR design using water moderator, closed with a lid bolted on a flange. It uses two pumps. Chernobyl is a RBMK design with graphite moderator and a highly positive void coefficient.
This reactor is a much smaller PWR with a double containment and natural circulation, without these failure modes.
- hansthehorse 6y agoIn a standard commercial pwr the containment building is a steel shell surrounding the entire system, then there is a void of varying width then that large cement building that you can see when driving by. That building is called the shield building.