Originally published at: Chernobyl animation shows how an RBMK reactor explodes
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The computer told them to turn off the reactor, so they turned off the computer. Noice.
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links point literally to the same video (which is totaly fine I guess cause the vid doesnt seem to have anything missing?) e/ ah, simulation only for the bbs;
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That was a really solid explanation of the molecular physics or chemistry of what was happening inside the reactor during the entire buildup and failure of the RBMK, even if they completely left out how red mercury played into it all.
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As the meme says, I understood that reference
The different (with talking) video that Rob is referring to is one of the first links:
I think sometimes the video that gets embedded in the post is not always the most obvious choice when multiple videos are linked.
yes? and then he links the exact same video “with a more detailed explanatory voiceover” again. so clearly the video he is referring to in the first link was meant to be the one I posted, the short one. thats what Im getting at.
Clearly I’m exactly as good at reading posts as Rob is at writing them.
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Do you know if this is one of those situations where the computer told them to turn off the reactor about 3 times a day; and alert fatigue had more or less completely destroyed the credibility and efficacy of the monitoring system; or was it a case where that solution is just as dumb as it sounds?
I think the Chernobyl mini series did a good job of showing the impact of running an atypical test with inexperienced operators using a redlined procedure and a domineering test lead which had a greater effect than a possibly annoying computer
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That’s a good question and I’m curious. Do you have links or references pointing to a possible answer?
Thank you! I was wanting to watch the shorter video, since I knew what was going on. Just wanted to see the simulation.
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While it doesn’t address the specific question, this is an interesting read on the environment in which these facilities were built:
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This looks like it will be a good read - will have to do so when I can focus enough to properly understand the translation.
I feel like back in the day this could have been the basis for a charming amusement from the fine folks at Maxis. They’d have to frame it really carefully, of course. (They tried with SimHealth, after all.)
There are so many things that could go wrong with the RBMK that it is something of a miracle it took so long for one to go fatally wrong. On that day alone, the emergency core cooling system on Reactor 4 had been disconnected for more than 11 hours by the time the test started. Going ahead with an experiment in the middle of the night when the operator’s judgment was impaired was just one more thing that eventually pushed the reactor over the edge.
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