Solar Flare Impact Study

[Clyde]

At least most modern nuclear plants do have a lot of fail safes. The big "IF" though, is that in a SHTF situation, will there be enough personnel there to enact them?

The one I had worked at for over 10 years had a good number of fail safes all the way up to scramming the reactors

SCRAM is an emergency shutdown of a nuclear reactor, though the term has been extended to cover shutdowns of other complex
operations, such as server farms and even large model railroads. In commercial reactor operations, this emergency shutdown is often
referred to as a "SCRAM" at boiling water reactors (BWR), and as a "reactor trip" at pressurized water reactors (PWR).[1] In many cases,
a SCRAM is part of the routine shutdown procedure as well. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 2015).
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We even had a system in place should there be a total offsite power loss (Nuclear power plants do NOT produce their own power. My understanding is it is against NRC Regs, CFR and common sense.) to include the emergency back up generators.

 

[jimLE]

and will they stay there? or will they walk out?

 

[Gazrok]

That's the worry. In a true SHTF event, we'll see a lot of folks in these kinds of jobs who instead of going in, go to their families, etc. Same with police, emergency workers, etc. The cops I know are some of the best guys around, but I can tell you that family will trump the job every time. They'll see to their family's safety first.