Causality

22: Chernobyl

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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:

  • Causality Episode 3: Fukushima
  • Causality Episode 17: Three Mile Island

    • 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 Silver Producers:
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