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Dumping more coolant, more water into the reactor, thats slowly boiling off and being released which gives you minor releases, and they need electricity to run the valves, to monitor the system, et cetera they dont need a lot of electricity, theyve got other reactors at the site, other diesel generators. they made it to get some form of generation running. i heard one report that they have an emergency generator they brought into the site. they have a good chance of getting this up and running b...

Inevitable meltdown? >> at this point, a meltdown is not inevitable. but its a little hard to say -- each of these plants is designed a little differently. the company has been issuing frequent updates but hasnt said how long they can keep going in the stopgap method. what theyre doing now is they have a pump that runs on steam, not electricity. as long as youre making heat, you have steam, the pump is dumping more coolant, more water into the reactor, thats slowly boiling off and being released...

And they need electricity to run the valves, to monitor the system, et cetera they dont need a lot of electricity, theyve got other reactors at the site, other diesel generators. they made it to get some form of generation running. i heard one report that they have an emergency generator they brought into the site. they have a good chance of getting this up and running before they have significant damage, but its kind of nerve wracking. >> professor lester, you obviously have seen many such situ...

Not electricity. as long as youre making heat, you have steam, the pump is dumping more coolant, more water into the reactor, thats slowly boiling off and being released which gives you minor releases, and they need electricity to run the valves, to monitor the system, et cetera they dont need a lot of electricity, theyve got other reactors at the site, other diesel generators. they made it to get some form of generation running. i heard one report that they have an emergency generator they brou...