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To: ConservativeMan55
'We have a leak of reactor coolant into the containment structure...

I trust that the loss of coolant isn't an issue in itself?

Any nuclear savvy persons out there that could shed some light on this?

30 posted on 01/24/2005 10:42:28 PM PST by EGPWS
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To: EGPWS

If it isn't radioactive, it's probably the secondary loop, which is used to cool and condense the primary loop after it exits the turbines. Fermi #2 is a Boiling Water Reactor; Pressurized Water Reactors often have three or more loops, but the turbine loop is generally non-radioactive, which has definite benefits.


33 posted on 01/24/2005 11:11:40 PM PST by HolgerDansk ("Oh Bother", said Pooh, as he chambered another round.)
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