Later forensic examination of two of the reactor control room casualties showed extensive skeletal injuries which indicated that they had sustained explosive force of over 50g during the explosions.
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Hafnium absorbs neutrons avidly ( Hf absorbs 600 times more than Zr ), and it can be used in reactor control rods, whereas natural zirconium is practically transparent to neutrons.
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When he tried to leave the reactor chamber, he could not open the hatch, as a pressure difference had been established between the reactor chamber and the reactor control station.
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Most of the reactor control rods are inserted from above; 24 shortened rods are inserted from below and are used to augment the axial power distribution control of the core.
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On a ship this generally includes general Engineering or Reactor Department training, Reactor Controls division training, periodic exams and interviews, monitored maintenance and operations, periodic watch re-qualifications, and monitored tactical or casualty drills.
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Senior Lt . Nikolai Belikov, one of the reactor control officers, entered the reactor compartment but ran out of oxygen after turning just one of the four rod assemblies on the first reactor.
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The Tokyo-based Donen and the two officials will be fined up to 200, 000 yen ( dlrs 1, 760 ) on charges of violating a nuclear reactor control law, Kyodo News service said.
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(BBOX ) Last month, Maine Yankee workers found that a key wire in the reactor control room had been cut four to six years ago in what is believed to have been a maintenance mistake.
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For one thing, Chernobyl was of a completely different design to any American reactor, so there was little point in stealing American reactor control code except as something to learn from, rather than copy directly.
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TREAT can operate at a steady state power of 100 kW, produce short transients of up to 19 GW, or produce shaped transients controlled by the TREAT automatic reactor control system and the gas cooled reactor.
