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Originally Posted by Milk 1027
that's what I mean. They have to pump the water into them. I'm just trying to understand the functionality. Wouldn't it be easier to have some sort of flood gate that automatically opens when everything else fails?
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Not sure how BWR's are set up in the US but all PWR's have a safety system call Safety Injection. These are essentially gigantic storage tanks located around the reactor that will dump borated water on ther reactor via gravity drain and flood the containment area and cover the core. In a case like this.