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A melt-down occurs when a reactor heats up out so much that the fuel melts. This would happen in accident conditions, when the coolant has stopped flowing. The Three Mile Island accident was a partial melt-down, resulting in a economic loss to the utility company. When fuel melts, the core will shut itself down and will not melt through the earth to China.
