26. Chernobyl — How It Happened
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MIT 22.01 lecture by Michael Short explaining the Chernobyl accident technically, including RBMK reactor positive feedback, xenon poisoning and the cascade of human errors during the test.
Why HN recommends it: Recommended as the detailed technical account of exactly what happened at Chernobyl.
“This is a presentation to students by an MIT professor that goes over exactly what happened, the sequence of events, mistakes made, and so on.” Read on HN ↗