RexStardust t1_jc27u7l wrote on March 13, 2023 at 2:44 PM

Reply to comment by BrightCharlie in Why were the control rods in the reactor featured in the HBO series 'Chernobyl' (2019) tipped with graphite? by Figorama

Yes but they did so with the understanding that they had the ability to pull the plug with AZ-5. The designers and/or the overall operating authority knew that you needed to use AZ-5 earlier because of the initial reactivity of those graphite tips, but plant operators had not been informed.

Y34rZer0 t1_jc4muxv wrote on March 14, 2023 at 12:22 AM

That sounds fairly Soviet… “Let’s keep the reactor operators as in the dark as possible”

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