The largest nuclear incident in human history released an estimated 400 times the radioactive material compared to Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It all happened because of a test that was delayed by one shift, or was it the ultimate inevitability of a flawed reactor design?With John Chidgey.Prior Episode References:

Causality Episode 3: Fukushima
Causality Episode 17: Three Mile Island

Technical References:

Iodine-135
Periodic Table
List of Chemical Elements
Xenon Poisoning in Reactors
Nuclear Energy Slides [PDF]
Neutron Cross-Section
Radiation burn
RBMK Reactors Positive Void Coefficient

Timelines:

Chernobyl Accident Timeline
Chernobyl Timeline Of A Nuclear Nightmare
What Caused The Disaster
Timeline Of Events The Chernobyl Gallery
Chernobyl Disaster
Chernobyl Sequence of Events

Essays, Regulations and Miscellaneous:

Chernobyl Essay [PDF]
Regulation for 3rd and 4th Reactor [PDF]
Regulations and ORM in Chernobyl’ disaster
Individual involvement in the Chernobyl disaster
New Safe Confinement
Chernobyl New Safe Confinement
Plans for New Nuclear Reactors Worldwide

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'r'.Episode Silver Producers:
Carsten Hansen and John Whitlow.

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