Reply to post: Re: Chernobyl - graphite fire

Rolls-Royce set for funding fillip to build nuclear power stations based on small modular reactor technology

Arthur the cat Silver badge

Re: Chernobyl - graphite fire

I thought the problem with Chernobyl was that it was down for maintenance and some bright spark thought "what if we try taking out all the control rods to see what happens?"(*)

(*) Not in so many words, but the wannabe boffin equivalent.

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