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aaeme t1_jc2icou wrote on March 13, 2023 at 3:54 PM

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

Maybe a simpler adaptation of the fire extinguisher analogy: a fire extinguisher that shoots a second of water before carbon dioxide. Operators were playing with deep fat friers thinking it was fine because they had CO2 fire extinguishers.