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To: SoldierDad

Could have been automatic.


28 posted on 08/23/2011 1:21:24 PM PDT by Dead Corpse (For those who fight for it, life has a flavor the sheltered will never know.)
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To: Dead Corpse

The Seismic Monitoring System doesn’t have a connection to the Reactor Protection System. This means there’s no automatic shutdown directly due to the earthquake. However, if they lost offsite power, this means the grid was at least unstable. This would have tripped the turbine, which in turn would trip the reactor (2 out of 4 turbine governor valves shutting.)


108 posted on 08/27/2011 5:13:37 PM PDT by wolfpat (Not to know what has been transacted in former times is to be always a child. -- Cicero)
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