• ilinamorato
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    1 year ago

    Modern nuclear reactors use passive safety; meaning that the default state of the reactor is off and safe, and it requires work and power to get it running. When they enter a fail state, or the power is cut, they snap back to the off state.

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      1 year ago

      really?

      cool. i guess it makes sense that they made those changes.