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The condition known as going solid means that the reactor is shut down and cooled down, and the pressurizer is completely filled with water. The pressurizer is a component of the nuclear power plant that maintains high pressure on the coolant to keep it from flashing into steam. There is a steam bubble (a large volume) in the top of the pressurizer when the plant is online. Once cooled down and depressurized, we can pump more coolant into the plant to completely fill the pressurizer. The plant is then said to go solid when this happens.

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