This probably isn’t the kind of meltdown you are thinking of. This is a good kind of melting.
The Kankakee River in Illinois has been iced up this winter. The ice can jam the flow of the river, causing flooding. So operators at the nearby Dresden nuclear power plant, in coordination with the local emergency management agency, started releasing water from the Dresden cooling lake into the river. The lake is evidently at a warmer temperature, so releasing lake water will hopefully melt the river ice.
Nuclear power again saves the day.
_ Pete
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A statement from the emergency management agency…