A working nuclear station, cut open
Same accident.
Two reactors.
One of them melts.
Fukushima. Three Mile Island. Chernobyl. A total blackout. Run any of
them at both stations at once and watch where they part company.
Needs power
Pumps hold the water over the fuel. Take the electricity away and
the clock starts running.
Needs nothing
Water falls, steam rises, the outside air carries the heat off.
There is nothing to switch on.
What is real here, and what is not