# Andrew Leatherbarrow et al. - Chernobyl 01:02:03 (Highlights)  ## Metadata **Cover**:: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51tKSPmfQ0L._SL200_.jpg **Source**:: #from/readwise **Zettel**:: #zettel/fleeting **Status**:: #x **Authors**:: [[Andrew Leatherbarrow]], [[Elizabeth Petrey]] **Full Title**:: Chernobyl 01:02:03 **Category**:: #books #readwise/books **Category Icon**:: 📚 **Highlighted**:: [[2020-08-09]] **Created**:: [[2022-09-26]] ## Highlights - Using graphite as a moderator can be highly dangerous, as it means that the nuclear reaction will continue - or even increase - in the absence of cooling water or the presence of steam pockets (called ‘voids’). ([Location 524](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B01E4MAIS8&location=524)) - the water that is pumped into the reactor as coolant is the same water that is enabling the chain reaction as a moderator. ([Location 528](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B01E4MAIS8&location=528)) - the water entering the reactor is the same water that passes through the cooling pumps and then as steam through the turbines, meaning highly irradiated water is present in all areas of the system. ([Location 545](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B01E4MAIS8&location=545)) - steam is allowed to form in the core, ([Location 548](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B01E4MAIS8&location=548)) - The RBMK control rods are incredibly slow ([Location 558](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B01E4MAIS8&location=558)) - “CGN to Build Floating Reactor.” World Nuclear News. Accessed February 27, 2016. http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/NN-CGN-to-build-floating-reactor-1301164.html. ([Location 2847](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B01E4MAIS8&location=2847)) - 37. “Honkeiko Colliery Mining Disaster | China [1942].” Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Accessed February 27, 2016. http://www.britannica.com/event/Honkeiko-colliery-mining-disaster. ([Location 2864](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B01E4MAIS8&location=2864)) - 43. “Typhoon Nina-Banqiao Dam Failure | Chinese History [1975].” Encyclopedia Britannica Online. June 4, 2014. Accessed February 28, 2016. http://www.britannica.com/event/Typhoon-Nina-Banqiao-dam-failure. ([Location 2880](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B01E4MAIS8&location=2880)) - Arnold, Lorna. Windscale, 1957: Anatomy of a Nuclear Accident. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1992. Hubbell, M. W. The Fundamentals of Nuclear Power Generation: Questions & Answers. Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse, 2011. Pages 100-103. Mahaffey, James A. Atomic Awakening: A New Look at the History and Future of Nuclear Power. New York: Pegasus Books, 2009. Chapter 3. 50. ([Location 2893](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B01E4MAIS8&location=2893))