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What happens if a nuclear power plant loses power?
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We have emergency diesels and enough fuel to keep them running until we can use natural circulation and a controlled cool down.
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 24308330 Very good. ALL diesel generators now have IC chips in their controller circuitry. So, none of the backup generators would work if an EMP from the sun hit... Right...but most all...no, all nuclear power plants were built years ago, before electronic engine controls were implemented. Fuel, air, and compression at the right time and they will run. The switchgear will probably be smoked and they will have to manually transfer to generator power. After that, they have 30-45 days of fuel on site. This is from someone I know at the Bay City NPP.  But what about all the circuitry involved in actually pumping water to cool the rods?
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