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Technical Chernobyl animation shows how an RBMK reactor explodes
What vent wrong shown here, I will recreate the same events as in the control room and show you how the reactor responded. It ...
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The Chernobyl Accident: Updating of INSAG-1
Introduction; 2. Features of the reactor; 3. The accident; 4. More recent analyses of the fault scenario; 5. Views of INSAG; 6. Conclusions on factors contributory to the accident; Appendix: Measures ...
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Nuclear Watchdog Sees Chernobyl-Style Risk at Kursk Reactor
Making matters worse, the two units in operation use the same so-called RBMK ... an accident. “They don’t have a protective dome around them, just the normal roof, which means that the reactor ...
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The second unit of the Leningrad NPP with RBMK reactor is being prepared for decommissioning
The second unit of the Leningrad NPP with the RBMK reactor is being prepared for decommissioning. The removal of nuclear fuel from the power unit has been completed. All fuel assemblies (fuel ...