On 17/12/17 18:00, 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.


Ah. I see your point. The reactor couldhave run its own coolant pumps.
Sadly the weherwithal to absorb 5GW of power even with cooling, without
a grid connection is probably too much to hope for.



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