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    13 hours ago

    Nothing actually. TRISO fuel is both meltdown proof and fusion resistant.

    Meaning, it resists melting down even without coolant and it resists fusion reactions to a high level bomb. This is because the fuel is about the size of a seed roughly 1mm in size and each piece is coated with layers of other materials to prevent such occurrences.