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To: ggersh who wrote (36378)	3/18/2011 10:09:18 AM
From: Real Man	Read Replies (2) of 71412

Well, see the link in that message, apparently pour water as they were doing. -g- There was certainly some melt if there was hydrogen explosion, likely significant melt. -ng- But... we printed over it. HOHOHO! Message 27245816 For the boil-off rate of 60 gallons per minute a week after shut down, it takes around 200 seconds for the water level inside the reactor pressure vessel to drop an inch. If the reactor cooling system fails one week after the reactor was shut down with the water level inside the reactor vessel is at its normal level, it would take approximately 11 hours for boil-off to reduce the water level down to the top of the reactor core. Without cooling, the boil-off would continue to drop the water level below the top of the nuclear fuel in the reactor core. As nuclear fuel was uncovered by water, it would begin heating up. As the fuel temperature increased to 1,800°F, a chemical reaction between the metal cladding of the fuel rods and the steam flowing past would generate large quantities of hydrogen. If the heat-up continued past 2,200°F, the exposed fuel would begin to melt.

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