On Sun, 17 Dec 2017 18:00:24 +0000, Another Dave wrote:

On 17/12/17 14:36, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 17/12/17 14:22, Another Dave wrote:
On 15/12/17 06:31, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
It wasnt power to the control systems thatwas the problem. It was
power to the circulation pumps

The reactors were scrammed: nothing left to control. Just a simple
matter or removing decay heat.


Would it have been safer to leave the reactors running?

certainly not without cooling...


But wouldn't the cooling system be powered by the running power station?

As it was there was no power from the grid or the diesel backup.

OK until the control systems get flooded...



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