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What's the sun-shaped thing in photo #2?
by tabtab 4y ago
What's the sun-shaped thing in photo #2?
- themanmaran 4y agoI think it's a graphical representation of the RBMK control rods [1]. It's also in the last two images. These are replaceable control rods that were laid out in a circular pattern in the RBMK class reactors. 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RBMK https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RBMK
- wkat4242 4y agoIt's not nearly enough rods for an RBMK. Those were huge. And they had nothing outside the circle. Probably another type of nuclear facility. Maybe a medical isotope reactor? The second last photo looks like an RBMK or at least something that size.
- SoftTalker 4y agoThey had channel-type reactors before the RBMK (essentially earlier generations of the design) that were smaller. Could be what these are.
- vilhelm_s 4y agoIf you click on the picture it says it's the Kola nuclear power plant, which is a VVER-440 reactor. Searching for other VVER pictures, e.g.[1], confirms that they match. [1] http://www.nucleartourist.com/areas/vver440a.htm http://www.nucleartourist.com/areas/vver440a.htm
- pugworthy 4y agoStatus of nuclear control rods I imagine?
- hydrogen7800 4y agoThere are a few pictures with this arrangement. My guess is these are nuclear reactor control rooms, and those representthe control rod arrays.
- mdcds 4y ago#2 links to atomic-energy.ru So it's probably nuclear plant control console and I'm guessing nuclear fuel rods are represented by a dot inside the "sun" and rods themselves are suspended in some sort of a circular enclosure
- dale_glass 4y agoThis one? https://www.atomic-energy.ru/news/2012/05/21/33562 https://www.atomic-energy.ru/news/2012/05/21/33562 That's Кольская АЭС, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kola_Nuclear_Power_Plant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kola_Nuclear_Power_Plant This is a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VVER https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VVER