INSAG stands by the general conclusions of INSAG-1 about the accident’s causes and their implications for the safety of the Chernobyl type light water cooled graphite moderated RBMK reactors. However, ...

Unlike Chernobyl in Ukraine ... up in the reactor after a series of safety blunders. The reactors had a graphite core with uranium rods. They were air-cooled through two 410ft chimneys.

This publication provides technical and scientific information regarding the radiation monitoring, radio-ecological research and management of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant cooling pond. It ...