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> Nuclear reactors do not surprise explode. The Chinese designs are passively safe: cut off all power and they'll simply sit there. They do not require active c
by crote 1y ago
> Nuclear reactors do not surprise explode. The Chinese designs are passively safe: cut off all power and they'll simply sit there. They do not require active cooling.
The same was said of Fukushima. And it was - until a tsunami fried all the backup local power keeping the control systems alive. Turns out the "passive cooling" still requires some valves to be controllable...
- XorNot 1y agoFukushima was not the same type of design as the new Chinese reactors. For one thing, no reactor is classed as "passively safe" if it needs active cooling for decay heat.