![W_logo_color_pos_RGB logo](/images/default-source/brand-portal/logo/w_logo_color_pos_rgb.png?sfvrsn=1a0a3c43_3)
Emergency core cooling systems are designed to safely shut down a nuclear reactor during accident conditions. The ECCS allows the plant to respond to a variety of accident conditions and additionally introduce redundancy so that the plant can be shut down even with one or more subsystem failures.