NE410/510 - Lecture 19: A Reactor Physics Explanation of the Chernobyl Disaster

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In this lecture we combine the reactor physics knowledge we have gained from this course to explain the worst nuclear power accident in history: the 1986 Chernobyl disaster.

We will examine why the Chernobyl RBMK design's features and the operators' actions led to this accident, and why a similar accident could not occur in a modern reactor.

For those interested in learning more about radiation biology and the health effects of radiation, my Nuclear Criticality Lecture series contains a lecture on this topic:
   • NE499/515 - Lecture 2: Health Effects...  

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