Over 30 years ago, a series of missteps caused the worst nuclear accident in history, and its effects are still being felt to this day. 🧐 engineering
Located 65 miles north of Kiev, Ukraine, the V.I. Lenin Nuclear Power Station at Chernobyl was a model of Soviet engineering. Its four RBMK nuclear reactors produced enough electricity for 30 million homes and businesses.
The byproduct of a chain reaction is the release of enormous quantities of heat and energy, and this heat is what's used to turn water into steam, which drives a turbine, that generates electricity. "The odds of a meltdown are one in 10,000 years." -- Vitali Sklyarov, Minister of Power and Electrification of UkraineThe night shift foreman, Alexander Akimov, began arguing with Chernobyl’s Deputy Chief Engineer, Anatoly Dyatlov, over how low the amount of electrical power the reactor was generating should be taken. Akimov cited a manual which stated that it should not be less than 700 megawatts, while Dyatlov insisted that 200 megawatts was be safe.
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