Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20110316:18:50:00
Downstairs and walk away and the machine will shut down all by itself. >> that's been a big question on social media, why can't these things just shut down? >> it will shut down with power. >> you need power to stop the rods from overheating. >> correct. the whole thing happens because the uranium -- i'm not aa nuclear engineer, but i've listened to a lot of very smart guys. it's in and it's out. i'm going to do my best to bring it to layman's terms. fuel rods here get very, very hot. they uranium 235, they're excited, their atoms bounce, they get very, very hot. control rods down below, when ...
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