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The Chernobyl test was not a test to drive the reactor to the limits, but actually a test to verify that the inertia of the main turbines is big enough to drive
by formerly_proven 5y ago
The Chernobyl test was not a test to drive the reactor to the limits, but actually a test to verify that the inertia of the main turbines is big enough to drive the coolant pumps for X amount of time in the case of grid failure.
- trevorishere 5y agoOf possible interest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ijst4g5KFN0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ijst4g5KFN0 This is a presentation to students by an MIT professor that goes over exactly what happened, the sequence of events, mistakes made, and so on.
- formerly_proven 5y agoWarning for others: I watched the above video and then watched the entire course (>30 hours).
- XorNot 5y agoNow I know what I'm doing the rest of this week...