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Originally posted by NuclearMitochondria
reply to post by taccj9903
I think if it was a super fast SHTF scenario, the nuke workers would run for it and the plant operators wouldn't have time to shutdown properly
If it was a gradual one like slow food loss, I think there would be enough time to shut them down and contain most but not all of them. Of course the fallout that would inevitably occur would be insane, just a full blown SHTF scenario would possibly make it so no humans could get through an event that bad.
Originally posted by taccj9903
Originally posted by NuclearMitochondria
reply to post by taccj9903
I think if it was a super fast SHTF scenario, the nuke workers would run for it and the plant operators wouldn't have time to shutdown properly
If it was a gradual one like slow food loss, I think there would be enough time to shut them down and contain most but not all of them. Of course the fallout that would inevitably occur would be insane, just a full blown SHTF scenario would possibly make it so no humans could get through an event that bad.
Thanks for the input, since you have some knowledge of these plants how do they keep those fuel rods cooled if there aren't any people around? How do they just shut those things down?
• Reactor No. 1: 50 tons of nuclear fuel
• Reactor No. 2: 81 tons
• Reactor No. 3: 88 tons
• Reactor No. 4: 135 tons
• Reactor No. 5: 142 tons
• Reactor No. 6: 151 tons
• Also, a separate ground-level fuel pool contains 1,097 tons of fuel; and some 70 tons of nuclear materials are kept on the grounds in dry storage.
The reactor cores themselves contain less than 100 tons of fuel, Resnikoff noted.