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Re:September 11, 2001 media synced in real-time by rtkwe on Saturday September 11, 2021 @02:50PM (#28494702)
You'd be more likely to damage enough of the cooling and control systems to cause an issue but it most likely wouldn't lead to a meltdown since Indian Point was a PWR reactor and those use the liquid water as a moderator so if it starts to overheat it naturally lowers it's own reactivity.
Re:September 11, 2001 media synced in real-time by tbihl on Saturday September 11, 2021 @07:33PM (#28497112)
Of course it's a little more complicated than that, because decay heat is the concern in a loss of cooling scenario. Having said that, I can't speak to the Indian Point design at all.
Re:September 11, 2001 media synced in real-time by rtkwe on Saturday September 11, 2021 @10:03PM (#28497977)
Yeah it will but at least that's also a negative feedback too as the fuel heats up the neutrons appear to be moving faster on the average.