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So I'm up to episode 16, I know I'm a bit behind, but can somebody answer me this. With no electricity, what is containing all those nuclear reactors? In fact how is any of the "deadly" stuff being contained? I know it's a nerdy thing, but come on guys, what gives? You can also throw in The Walking Dead as well to this question

 Wolfstan wrote:
So I'm up to episode 16, I know I'm a bit behind, but can somebody answer me this. With no electricity, what is containing all those nuclear reactors? In fact how is any of the "deadly" stuff being contained? I know it's a nerdy thing, but come on guys, what gives? You can also throw in The Walking Dead as well to this question

Huh?

 djones520 wrote:

 Wolfstan wrote:
So I'm up to episode 16, I know I'm a bit behind, but can somebody answer me this. With no electricity, what is containing all those nuclear reactors? In fact how is any of the "deadly" stuff being contained? I know it's a nerdy thing, but come on guys, what gives? You can also throw in The Walking Dead as well to this question

Huh?

Revolution is a series about the Earth suddenly losing all electricity. Walking Dead is a series about zombies.

He's asking how all these dangerous facilities that require power and constant monitoring aren't failing outright with either no electricity, no one monitoring them, or both.

The standard answer is 'stop asking questions'. They're TV series, not documentaries.

Don't know about Revolution.

In Walking Dead, there's nothing saying this stuff isn't breaking down. That would fit the "the world is in a giant salad spinner of feth" theme that is Walking Dead.

Well I knew what walking dead was, but never heard of Revolution.

Now I'm not to big into nuclear power plants, but I've got to imagine they have a fail safe in the event of a catastrophic power failure.

That would just make sense to me.

 Frazzled wrote:
Don't know about Revolution.

In Walking Dead, there's nothing saying this stuff isn't breaking down. That would fit the "the world is in a giant salad spinner of feth" theme that is Walking Dead.

Also queue season 1 of Walking Dead where the CDC self-destructed as a contingency plan because its power reserves were depleted and all the containment was about to be shut down.

But the CDC building was not a nuclear reactor. Reactors require a constant overwatch to ensure that notthing goes wrong, as if it does the failsafes (emergency coolant flushing, etc) will only last a matter of time-about an hour to a few days depending upon the severity-before the reactor goes critical.

 master of ordinance wrote:
But the CDC building was not a nuclear reactor. Reactors require a constant overwatch to ensure that notthing goes wrong, as if it does the failsafes (emergency coolant flushing, etc) will only last a matter of time-about an hour to a few days depending upon the severity-before the reactor goes critical.

The current generation reactors' default is actually shut down. It requires effort to keep them going. If the power etc. cuts off their natural state is shut down.

Of course a nuke reactor might be a good place to restart civilization.