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> He said you can design reactors to be cooled by natural convection. That's the point of the Westinghouse AP1000; the containment (steel liner) and protection
by chickenbig 2y ago
> He said you can design reactors to be cooled by natural convection.
That's the point of the Westinghouse AP1000; the containment (steel liner) and protection from the outside world (concrete wall) are separated, allowing the liner to cool by convection and water dripping from above. Admittedly you need to top up the water tank at the top, but that is less of a task than trying to push water into the containment.