Chernobyl Disaster

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April 9, 2014

 

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The problem started with the test that was to be performed before shut-down. The test was to see how long the turbines would spin after a loss of the main electrical power supply. This test in itself defies logic. These reactors become very unstable when power supply is lowered. Part of the problem was caused by turning off the ECCS (Emergency Core Cooling System)...
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Part of the problem was caused by turning off the ECCS (Emergency Core Cooling System). Another player in the catastrophe was the Grid controller, who controls electrical power to the various parts of the plat, refused to lower power for this reactor. For this test the reactor should have been stabilized at 1000MWt (Megawatts thermal) but due to an error in the system the system fell to 30MWt...
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