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Being unmanned is an unrealistic scenario for a nuclear power plant.

That said, most facilities will run somewhat automatically by themselves because the reactor is self regulating, having a negative temperature coefficient in the design of the moderator used to regulate reactivity.

However, if an unexpected event occurs, or the plant trends outside of operating limits, it will shut down automatically.

I cannot answer for all reactors, but most reactors in the US are designed to be fully automatic on shutdown for the first ten minutes. In fact, there is a "hands-off" policy during that time, override only allowed during clear malfunction, which gives the operators time to assess what happened and to plan what to do next.

Again, being unmanned is an unrealistic scenario for a nuclear power plant.

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