• ImplyingImplications
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    1 year ago

    The emergency stop button was pressed before meltdown, so it was probably a bit more than “that’s weird”.

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      1 year ago

      Ah classic AZ-5 going from reactor shutdown to hydrogen bomb detonation button.

      That said, this is also partially to blame to the graphite tipped control rods which have had their graphite tips removed in any operational RBMK reactor including those still running today.