Posted by Samurai why are you such a hateful person? What ails you? this, and to a certain extent, Three Mile Island, were the end of the golden age of nuclear power. What I find interesting is that even though the RMBK-1000 reactor proved to have really stringent operating requirements, Russia continues to operate several of the upgraded reactors, all slated to be taken offline between 2019 and 2035. In 2000, I lived less than 3 miles from Watts Bar Nuclear One... I drove by the plant on my way to and from work every day on TN 68. In the other direction, I lived less than 30 miles from Sequoyah in Soddy-Daisy TN, right on US 27. There were blue evacuation route signs everywhere... I never really paid them any mind back then... but now, as I am older, the question of 'what if...?' looms when I am bored. https://en.wikiped...Generating_Station https://en.wikiped...Generating_Station I lived in nearby Evensville TN which is more or less a 'suburb' of Dayton.

Irony; it's delicious, not hateful.

The Soviets went cheap and are now paying for it
It was a horrible design using improper materials.
Their containment building was a sick joke.
More irony. God doesn't like stupid.

I'd wager more people have been killed in boiler explosions than all nuclear accidents combined.
Life is risky no matter what you do... anyway.

We are children of the atom. Get use to it.

Posted by blackhawk Irony; it's delicious, not hateful. The Soviets went cheap and are now paying for it It was a horrible design using improper materials. Their containment building was a sick joke. More irony. God doesn't like stupid. I'd wager more people have been killed in boiler explosions than all nuclear accidents combined. Life is risky no matter what you do... anyway. We are children of the atom. Get use to it.

actually, if operated within operational limits, the RMBK reaction was very reliable. If you had read the article about the reactor itself, it was very simple, overly large, incredibly powerful and made to be operated by normal people properly trained. The failure of the reactor in Chernobyl was people instigated equipment failure.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RBMK

There were some key flaws with the RMBK design that made it unstable and very difficult to control at low power levels. A combination of serious deigns flaws and human error lead to the disaster. The operators had insufficient knowledge of nuclear physics and engineering --> Prevented them from prediction what the experiment would do as well as inexperience with the key safety systems of the reactor. To compound this two major design flaws were present. The RBMK installed at Chernobyl had a rather large positive void coefficient that resulted in the reactors power levels fluctuation at low running levels this was not known to the reactor operators. On top of this the design of the control rods was improper and lead to a significant delay in neutron absorption when they were first inserted into the reactor, the operating staff were also unaware of this.
RBMK's are not particularity bad reactors but the age of the design really shows and some clear shortcuts were taken in their design. If you are to build a new reactor build something like a CANDU or an APR-1400 (Yes i am shamelessly plugin Canadian designs, fight me.)

Posted by DescentOnARope Here is mine complete guide for survive in Pripyat wasteland. 1. First thing you will needs to know is which creatures will be appear and what must be done to protects yourself. a.) Wild boars. You may think your little Texas piggylets is of scary, but you have not been gaze into the eyestalks of irradiated Russian boar. If one of them is having spotted you, you will be already dead my friend. First thing you should do upon entrance to Pripyat wasteland is to rub your face in the dirt. Every inch of the place is saturate with boar piss, and this will make invisible your scent. b.) Bears are not native to Pripyat wasteland, but you may still have encounters them due to Pripyat Mutant Petting Zoo mishap of 2009. Please do not have judgings of me for trying to make a living. They are not of dangerous unless provoke, and are capable of understand Russian language, due to sharing 99% of DNA with the Russian peoples. If you are come across bear by the name of Svetlana, please be tellings her that I am already sent child support payments and to leaves me alone. 2. Radiation and how you must protects yourself. If you are of travel with tour guide, then this will not being of useful to you. If you are exploring correctly, then you are sure to be soon dead by outbreak of tumors and will also have many likes on UER. In order to make delay this change, you must wear foremost urban exploration radiation equipment. You will not survive unless you are becoming equipped with surgical mask, cargo shorts (you will need deep pockets for carry many cans of radiation repellent), and Air Jordan sneakers with which to bribe the radiation. 3. Snacks and hydration. Water in Pripyat wasteland is of many challenge. Radiation is interact with all water at molecular level and will makes it transform into boar piss. While you may be of using this for maskings your scent, I is not recommending that you drinks it. Orange soda is beverage of choice in the zone. Wild berries are in great abundance, and you may eats them with only minor of side effects. Before attempts to picking berries, be first of sure that they are not, in fact, boar eyestalks.

I'm kind of disappointed this didn't get any likes.
I give it a C+ letter grade for effort.

Someone I know, his father was one of the engineers that worked on the containment and clean up of Chernobyl 4.

If you want a dry run at tangling with the Ukrainian authorities, try getting into Donetsk before trying to get into Pripyat.

Posted by Radio2600 Someone I know, his father was one of the engineers that worked on the containment and clean up of Chernobyl 4. If you want a dry run at tangling with the Ukrainian authorities, try getting into Donetsk before trying to get into Pripyat.

isn't the Donbass area still having a wee bit of a civil war?

Posted by Samurai isn't the Donbass area still having a wee bit of a civil war?

Just a tad

Posted by stealthwraith Just a tad

I follow someone on tumblr from that area... I see pics from it every now and again.