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If something catastrophic enough to instantly cut off there whole grid in the west happens while also ruining all the several backups most plants have, nuclear power plants will be the least of our troubles. Fukushima was a very old design and most plants in operation today don't need power for the cooling system after you jam in the control rods into the reactor to stop it.

>>Galaxe+(OP)
This is exactly what I'm saying - in case of a civilization collapse the safety of nuclear fuel will be the biggest problem. There is no magical way to cool the fuel without power - it produces a huge amount of heat and the only to avoid explosion is active water cooling.

>>boriss+j3
yes but, by far most cooling systems doesn't need electricity after you lower the control rods and shut down the reactor, that was specific to fukushima.. and even if all 400 reactors melted down it would still be the least of our problems in such a scenario.