Nuclear meltdowns can occur with natural disasters, such as the earthquake that struck Japan’s Fukushima plant in 2011. A nuclear core, or the part of the reactor that houses the radioactive atoms, must be kept stable. While all parts of a nuclear energy reactor must be protected, what specific system is directly used to keep the core stable?

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Responses

the cooling system

the cooling system

the power controller

the power controller

the atomic collider

the atomic collider

the heating system

1 answer

The specific system used to keep the nuclear core stable is the cooling system.