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Joined: Sun Aug 03, 2003 2:02 pm Posts: 878 Location: Erie, PA
Greetings:
It occurred to me while reading the coverage of the nuclear reactor
melt-down in Japan that maybe a good strategy would be to build the reactor itself below
sea level so that if a breech occurs, a one-way barrier could be opened (explosively
if necessary due to lack of power) that would allow sea water to flow into the reactor
chamber.
At the same time, it seems that another fail-safe might be to have the
moderator rods automatically fall back into the containment housings. Maybe in newer
designs that is already done. It seems too simple, so if not done, there must be a good
reason.
Of course in the end the entire plant would be useless, but it would
be anyway if such an extreme scenario were to take place.