Both a working PORV with quench tank and separately the containment building with sump provided two layers of passive safety.
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However the valve mechanically failed causing the PORV quench tank to fill, and the relief diaphragm to eventually rupture into the containment building.
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The pilot-operated relief valve at TMI-2 was designed to shut automatically after relieving excessive pressure inside the reactor into a quench tank.
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Some improvements made ( not all in all designs ) are having three sets of emergency diesel generators and associated emergency core cooling systems rather than just one pair, having quench tanks ( large coolant-filled tanks ) above the core that open into it automatically, having a double containment ( one containment building inside another ), etc.
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