Sentences with phrase «top of the fuel assemblies»
As the level fell perilously close to the top of the fuel assemblies, something «fortuitous» happened, Shepherd says.
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Without that leakage, the academy panel's own modeling predicted that the tops of the fuel assemblies would have been exposed by early April; as the water continued to evaporate, the odds of the assemblies» zirconium cladding catching fire would have skyrocketed.
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It takes about 10 days for the pool water to boil down to the top («head») of the spent fuel assemblies, and for the pressure inside the containment to rise to the design level of 0.5 MPa (abs).