Guilherme_Sartorato t1_jc4jg8k wrote on March 13, 2023 at 11:58 PM Reply to comment by LudSable in Why were the control rods in the reactor featured in the HBO series 'Chernobyl' (2019) tipped with graphite? by Figorama The control rod modifications and additional absorbers reduced the positive void coefficient from +4.5 (far higher than any architecture other than RMBK) to +0.7, hence the need for enriching the uranium a bit more. Permalink Parent 5
Guilherme_Sartorato t1_jc4jg8k wrote
Reply to comment by LudSable in Why were the control rods in the reactor featured in the HBO series 'Chernobyl' (2019) tipped with graphite? by Figorama
The control rod modifications and additional absorbers reduced the positive void coefficient from +4.5 (far higher than any architecture other than RMBK) to +0.7, hence the need for enriching the uranium a bit more.