About this episode
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
