“So a secondary power system that doesn't rely on the plant at all (batteries, diesel generators, etc.) is mandatory.”
This sort of system is active; active is bad, but a completely passive reactor shutdown process is entirely possible. The nuclear industry in the west will not build such a system because it is not a light water reactor. The Indians will use sodium heat pipes for passive reactor cool down. This is possible because the Indians use liquid lead as a coolant. Cheers: Axil On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 6:52 PM, Jeff Berkowitz <[email protected]> wrote: > So a secondary power system that doesn't rely on the plant at all > (batteries, diesel generators, etc.) is mandatory.
