backup flooding

基本解释

Meanwhile, crews restored backup power, but problems keeping the reactors cool forced plant officials to take the drastic step of flooding them with seawater.
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As a former nuclear submarine officer, he once awoke to alarms and flooding, which shorted out most circuits and caused the reactor to shut down (the backup diesel generators were offline for maintenance).
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