CNN Anderson Cooper 360 March 4, 2022 05:05:00
Reactor is the functioning of a cooling system of a reactor core. so, if you can imagine, it's -- it's a sort of big pool into which the fuel rods inserted, and it has to have a constant supply of cold water to keep that core -- um -- and that nuclear fuel at a certain temperature. and of course, that system relies on a supply of water. that supply of water depends on the functioning of the pumps that pump that water to the core and the pumps rely on electricity. uh, there are back-up electricity systems, should the main power grid go out. that's -- that's standard for every nuclear power plan...