Right, But they still need water. Good thing they had an ocean close by to hide their sins.
On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 10:47 AM, Jed Rothwell <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > >
