Causality

Chain of Events. Cause and Effect. We analyse what went right and what went wrong as we discover that many outcomes can be predicted, planned for and even prevented.

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episode 22: Chernobyl


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


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 July 8, 2018  47m