Reply to post: Re: Wasn't Fukushima a "fail-safe" design?

Britain's on the brink of a small-scale nuclear reactor revolution

TheVogon

Re: Wasn't Fukushima a "fail-safe" design?

"would have shut down Fukushima temporarily or permanently before the incident happened,"

They did shut it down. It then takes several days to cool down. During which time the pumps failed...

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