Uncover the chilling chain of events behind the catastrophic Chernobyl explosion caused by the AZ-5 emergency shutdown button ...

Explore the heart of the Chernobyl disaster through high-detail 3D animations that expose why the Soviet reactor was vulnerable to one of history’s worst nuclear catastrophes. Witness a side-by-side ...

Frazer-Nash is to provide engineering services related to the fabrication of the graphite moderator for Terrestrial Energy's Integrated Molten Salt Reactor under a newly announced contract between the ...

Terrestrial's IMSR builds on 50 years of experience at the USA's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and integrates the primary reactor components, including the graphite moderator, into a sealed and ...

The resultant fire in the reactor's graphite moderator led to massive amounts of radiation carrying across the local radius through smoke. The incident is regarded by many as the most catastrophic ...

The graphite moderator used at Chornobyl undeniably worsened the outcome of that explosion and its aftermath. The graphite fueled the fire and the smoke further suspended what became the ...

ARTIFICIAL graphite for use in graphite-moderated nuclear reactors, as anodes for mercury vapour rectifiers, and crucibles for vacuum fusion work should contain little gas. Otherwise, when the ...