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originally posted by: dawnstar
a reply to: darkspace
and what are the generators fueled with?
originally posted by: darkspace
originally posted by: dawnstar
a reply to: darkspace
and what are the generators fueled with?
Usually Diesel and the cooling system is what they are there to protect. in the eventuality of an Nuclear strike or similar attacks with Emp-effects. not much electronic equipment would survive that. i don't have any diagrams to show how the manual overrides would work.
I am actually interested how America would react once nothing launches and the only thing that can be used is Rifles and old WW2 tanks.
originally posted by: mikell
a reply to: darkspace
most if not all nuclear reactors have safeguards to prevent meltdowns from happening, like Internal generators and manual overrides (non-electronic) to shut down the reactors safely
Yup and after about 30 days you better have a plan. I live 3 miles from a plant and know many workers. 30 days and all bets are off. They still need cooled forever and there's only enough on site diesel for about 30 days