this post was submitted on 18 Jul 2023
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[–] Darkard 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This meme found on a camera in Chernobyl or something?

There's fewer artifacts in the British museum

[–] samus12345 8 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The emergency stop button was pressed before meltdown, so it was probably a bit more than "that's weird".

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Ah classic AZ-5 going from reactor shutdown to hydrogen bomb detonation button.

That said, this is also partially to blame to the graphite tipped control rods which have had their graphite tips removed in any operational RBMK reactor including those still running today.