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This is probably a stupid question, but why are the fuel rods over 20 years old? I thought there were still functioning and electric providing reactors on the C

This is probably a stupid question, but why are the fuel rods over 20 years old? I thought there were still functioning and electric providing reactors on the Chernobyl site (not the one that exploded) which would still be producing fresh waste.

detaro 5y ago
> I thought there were still functioning and electric providing reactors on the Chernobyl site No, there haven't been in slightly over 20 years.
- dehrmann 5y ago
  But they did keep the plant open after the accident. That might be what GP was thinking.
  - detaro 5y ago
    yes, the accident was obviously even longer ago, but the 20 years lines up with the shutdown of the last of the other reactors.
    - rekoil 5y ago
      It's kind of crazy to me that other reactors at the site kept running almost 15 years after the disaster.