22: Chernobyl
The largest nuclear incident in human history released an estimated 400 times the radioactive material compared to Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It all happened because of a test that was delayed by one shift, or was it the ultimate inevitability of a flawed reactor design?
With John Chidgey.
Prior Episode References:
Technical References:
- Iodine-135
- Periodic Table
- List of Chemical Elements
- Xenon Poisoning in Reactors
- Nuclear Energy Slides [PDF]
- Neutron Cross-Section
- Radiation burn
- RBMK Reactors Positive Void Coefficient
Timelines:
- Chernobyl Accident Timeline
- Chernobyl Timeline Of A Nuclear Nightmare
- What Caused The Disaster
- Timeline Of Events The Chernobyl Gallery
- Chernobyl Disaster
- Chernobyl Sequence of Events
Essays, Regulations and Miscellaneous:
- Chernobyl Essay [PDF]
- Regulation for 3rd and 4th Reactor [PDF]
- Regulations and ORM in Chernobyl’ disaster
- Individual involvement in the Chernobyl disaster
- New Safe Confinement
- Chernobyl New Safe Confinement
- Plans for New Nuclear Reactors Worldwide
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Episode Gold Producer: 'r'.
Episode Silver Producers: Carsten Hansen and John Whitlow.
