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Attempting to bring clarity to the nuclear problems facing Japan
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<blockquote data-quote="Randy Gartner" data-source="post: 24137" data-attributes="member: 104"><p>Re: Attempting to bring clarity to the nuclear problems facing Japan</p><p></p><p>Phil,</p><p> when you refer to "passive systems",are you talking about a cooling system that does not rely on circulator pumps? I don't know anything about nuclear reactors,but in hydronic heating systems,you use circulator pumps.You also have a flow valve.If the circulator pump doesn't work,you just open the flow valve and the heat flows out of the boiler into the radiators or baseboard.You would think a nuclear reactor cooling system would have a similar system so when the pumps don't work,you open a valve by hand and the water will flow by gravity to the cooling towers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Randy Gartner, post: 24137, member: 104"] Re: Attempting to bring clarity to the nuclear problems facing Japan Phil, when you refer to "passive systems",are you talking about a cooling system that does not rely on circulator pumps? I don't know anything about nuclear reactors,but in hydronic heating systems,you use circulator pumps.You also have a flow valve.If the circulator pump doesn't work,you just open the flow valve and the heat flows out of the boiler into the radiators or baseboard.You would think a nuclear reactor cooling system would have a similar system so when the pumps don't work,you open a valve by hand and the water will flow by gravity to the cooling towers. [/QUOTE]
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