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Fun fact, there were four reactors at Chernobyl. Only one - Unit 4 - was destroyed in the flagship incident. The other three were retrofitted after the incident
by arcticbull 3y ago
Fun fact, there were four reactors at Chernobyl. Only one - Unit 4 - was destroyed in the flagship incident. The other three were retrofitted after the incident and continued to produce power (relatively) safely for many years. Unit 2 was shut down in 1991 after a turbine fire. Unit 1 was decommissioned in 1996. Unit 3 was decommission in 2000 after the international community forced their hand in exchange for funding the New Safe Containment sarcophagus over Unit 4.
I believe there are still 7 (retrofitted) RBMK reactors in use today. Kursk-3 and 4, Leningrad-3 and 4, and Smolensk 1-3. Last one won't be shut down until 2034.