It's not possible to have a runaway reaction in a light water reactor either. Th...

u320 on Feb 18, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Controlling the nuclear fusion plasma in a tokamak...

It's not possible to have a runaway reaction in a light water reactor either. The major incidents (TMI and Fukushima) happened as the reactor cooled down. It's just that the power output of the decay heat is enough to cause problems.