When the fuel runs out for the generators needed for pumps to circulate cooling water for the hot nuclear fuel rods, it may become another Fukushima.
These are not graphite moderated reactors, so no Chernobyl 2.
I suspected as much, but was not certain. Fukushima II OTOH, is NOT ruled out....
They still need to cool the spent fuel pools.
Fukushima’s issue was the loss of power to cool the pool.
Because it was the first GE design the building over the pool was essentially a pole building. It didn’t have the structural strength to resist the aftermath.
Designs after that housed the spent fuel pool in a much stronger building. That’s why TMI didn’t turn into a Fukushima.
They still need to cool the spent fuel pools.
Fukushima’s issue was the loss of power to cool the pool.
Because it was the first GE design the building over the pool was essentially a pole building. It didn’t have the structural strength to resist the aftermath.
Designs after that housed the spent fuel pool in a much stronger building. That’s why TMI didn’t turn into a Fukushima.
When the fuel runs out for the generators needed for pumps to circulate cooling water for the hot nuclear fuel rods, it may become another Fukushima.