ChemE Stewart <[email protected]> wrote:
> "So, if the reactors had not been running there would be no disaster" > > "Idle", loaded reactors, and spent fuel pools still require continuous > cooling water. > There was no disaster in the fourth reactor. Therefore, the cooling capacity was sufficient, even though it was greatly reduced. (Some of the emergency cooling systems survived the tsunami.) The cooling pool needs much less cooling capacity than a reactor core right after a SCRAM. - Jed
