/sci/ - Science & Math

[Anonymous No.10626910]

/tv/ here
can someone here explain a brainlet how did Chernobyl reactor works?

[Anonymous No.10627157]

Control rods go in, reactor guts come out

[Anonymous No.10627276]

You want an explanation of nuclear theory, or how an RBMK is different from other reactors?

[Orbulon, the Intellectual No.10627278]

>>10627157
fpbp

[Anonymous No.10627303]

>>10626910
it doesn't

[Anonymous No.10627309]

>>10626910
The control rods displaced the water causing a massive surge in power resulting in an explosion. A stupid ass design like that would never be approved to be built ever again.

[Anonymous No.10627326]

>>10626910
the chernobyl reactor (RMBK) was the soviets being really fucking stupid
see >>10627276
it blew up precisely because it wasnt built like a normal reactor
normal reactors are safe

[Anonymous No.10627359]

>Choose RBMK over superior VVER because they're cheaper and can be assembled from parts made in existing factories that don't deal with precision manufacturing
>RBMK has a wonderful feature of the core chain reacting itself to destruction if it overheats and uneven reactivity in different areas of the reactor
>Glorious Soviet manufacturing still manages to fuck this up and deliver a bunch of out of spec parts to power stations
>Lmao send it anyways because the future of the soviet economy was depending on shitloads of cheap electricity and they couldn't let pesky things like not building timebombs slow them down
>Safety systems are essentially "don't fuck up" as it's assumed major safety concerns can be avoided with training
>Instruments are spotty at best and SKALA is a pile of shit that's great at telling you rough estimates of the reactor's condition from several minutes ago
>Refuse to properly train operators because USSR brand autism
>Cover up accidents from other reactors to ensure that nobody learns from their mistakes or actually understand how the reactor behaves off of paper
>Chernobyl happens
>Solution to the whole epic control rod bait and switch prompt criticality prank is to drain all the water from the control rod channels
This doesn't even get into the cavalcade of whimsy that is Mayak or any of their naval reactors.
Can we just ban Russia from using anything made past the steam age already

[Anonymous No.10627396]

>>10627326
Why did they ever build RBMK reactors at all then?

[Anonymous No.10627403]

>>10627396
>why do russians do russian things

[Anonymous No.10627409]

>>10627396
The same reason they decided to staff naval reactors with conscripts who couldn't read Russian

[Anonymous No.10627415]

>>10627396
Real answer: They were cheaper to build than good reactors, even cheaper if you didn't build a containment structure, easier to build, and the plan for the economy relied on a massive increase in electricity capacity.

[Anonymous No.10627455]

>>10627396
I suspect that it was a simple design to produce plutonium for nuclear weapons, electricity production being more of a secondary objective.

[Anonymous No.10627462]

>>10627455
>I suspect
then your affirmation has no value

[Anonymous No.10628145]

Watching episode 1 of the HBO series rn. It's really well made television, but does it accurately depict radiation's effects?

[Anonymous No.10628158]

>>10626910
Also could someone explain what they were seeing when looking into the reactor?

[Anonymous No.10628164]

>>10628158
>pic

[Anonymous No.10629553]

>>10627403