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Also Chernobyl uses graphite as a moderator instead of water. I.e. the chain reaction continued even after the water boiled away.
by wedesoft 16y ago
Also Chernobyl uses graphite as a moderator instead of water. I.e. the chain reaction continued even after the water boiled away.
- billswift 16y agoAlso, from what I remember from the coverage at the time and right after, the graphite caught fire and the plume of smoke helped to carry even more fallout into the air and to spread it even farther.