Chernobyl Episode 5 - Vichnaya Pamyat - Nuclear Engineer Breakdown/Reaction

The moment we've all been waiting for: the trial.

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Video References:
[1] R. M. Hyland, "Reactivity Coefficients in Nuclear Reactors," Europhysics News, vol. 18, no. 11/12, 1987 (https://www.europhysicsnews.org/artic...)
[2] "INSAG-7 The Chernobyl Accident: Updating of INSAG-1," pp. 53 (https://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publica...)
[3] "Xenon Poisoning" (http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/...)
[4] "The Chernobyl Reactor: Design Features and Reasons for Accident," by M. V. Malko, pp. 16 (https://www.rri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/NSRG/re...)
[5] "The Chernobyl Reactor: Design Features and Reasons for Accident," by M. V. Malko, pp. 22 (https://www.rri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/NSRG/re...)
[6] "Aircraft Impact Damage" by T. Wierzbicki, et al. (https://web.mit.edu/civenv/wtc/PDFfil...)
[7] "A Nuclear Jet at Chernobyl Around 21:23:45 UTC on April 25, 1986,", by L. Geer, et al. (https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/...)
[8] "The Chernobyl Reactor: Design Features and Reasons for Accident," by M. V. Malko, pp. 19 (https://www.rri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/NSRG/re...)

General References:
"Chapter I - The site and accident sequence," by Nuclear Energy Agency (https://www.oecd-nea.org/rp/chernobyl...)
"Westinghouse Technology Systems Manual - Section 2.1 - Reactor Physics Review," by Nuclear Regulary Commission (https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1122/ML112...)
"Safety Series No. 75-INSAG-1 - Summary Report on the Post-Accident Review Meeting on the Chernobyl Accident," by the International Nuclear Safety Advisory Group (http://www.ilankelman.org/miscellany/...)
"Under-moderated vs Over-moderated," by Nuclear Power (https://www.nuclear-power.com/nuclear...)

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:55 Comments from Episode 4
04:21 Solely Operator Error
04:57 Fuel and Void Coefficients
11:19 Xenon Brief
12:46 What Happened in the Control Room?
14:16 205 Withdrawn Control Rods
15:01 Graphite Tips
20:23 Low Enrichment and Containment Buildings
24:24 Not a Nuclear Bomb
28:19 What Happened?
31:04 The Truth
31:28 Outro