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Technical Chernobyl animation shows how an RBMK reactor explodes

No to talk, yes to anxiety.

Rob Beschizza
Oct 19, 2024
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Screenshot: Higginso / YouTube
Screenshot: Higginso / YouTube

Higgsino physics published a straightforward (if not exactly simple) animation showing what went wrong at Chernobyl. It's like a physics equivalent to those "every day from your favorite war" animations showing the front lines advance and retreat across continents. Except this war happened in a big metal bucket in Pripyat. …

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