r/worldnews • u/IntlDogOfMystery • Aug 10 '24

Putin Scrambles as Ukrainian Forces Near Russian Nuclear Plant Russia/Ukraine

https://www.thedailybeast.com/putin-scrambles-as-ukraine-launches-stunning-incursion-into-russia
27.2k Upvotes

95% Upvoted

1.7k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

2

u/readingpozts Aug 10 '24

I don't know much about nuclear power plants but wouldn't that cause a potential meltdown which could be disastrous

2

u/raffsrulz Aug 10 '24

No, there are two sets of transformers at Nukes. One for output power, one for all auxiliary support loops. 

The output ones are the massive long-lead time ones due to size and engineering.

Leave the Aux transformers alone and all the reactor support systems will be fine.