Re:Switzerland votes against strict timetable for nuclear po...
by petre on Sunday November 27, 2016 @05:20PM
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Switzerland won't get a tsunami, even if a M7 earthquake takes place. Also it's in the middle of Europe so better interconnected with other grids. Passive cooling is next to useless if your reactor containment and/or the passive cooling tanks or radiators break due to an earthquake. You still need power to drive pumps to cool down the reactor until the nuclear reaction is fully stopped and all heat removed. The fuel still generates heat after the rods are removed and nuclear poison is injected.
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Re:Switzerland votes against strict timetable for nuclear po...
by ptaipale on Monday November 28, 2016 @01:40PM
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And if Switzerland would get an earthquake and a tsunami, the actual disaster would not be with the nuclear reactors; it would be with the direct consequences of the earthquake and tsunami.
Just like in Japan.