RBMK Reactors - Design Overview | The Nuclear Reactor that was used in Chernobyl

In the video, I used several vague terms such as "western reactors". Just ignore that lol, and I wasn't being very specific when I said that they have relatively higher enrichment of U-235. That was just some bad wording by me:(. CANDU reactors use slightly enriched Uranium with U-235 enrichment of ~0.9%.

Another thing is, the amount of details regarding RBMK reactors are just too much to put into a single video. So, this video is merely an oversimplified explanation. The sources I have put down below are for those who wants to dig in deeper into this. Also, feel free to add more materials and correct me in whatever I said in the video in the comments down below. Though, please do include sources so that we can clarify.
Sources:
- Ignalina RBMK-1500 Source Book: http://www.lei.lt/ or https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yiQ2fK6QNQWMIsM7h14p6eKKd-lgwYDX/view?usp=sharing

- The Chernobyl Reactor: Design Features and Reasons for Accident by Mikhail M. Malko: https://www.rri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/NSRG/reports/kr79/kr79pdf/Malko1.pdf

- ESTIMATION OF THE INVENTORY OF C AND OTHER KEY RADIONUCLIDES IN IRRADIATED RBMK-1500 GRAPHITE BASED ON LIMITED MEASUREMENTS AND FULL 3D CORE MODELING by Narkunsas, et al: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/328641777_Estimation_of_the_inventory_of_14_C_and_other_key_radionuclides_in_irradiated_RBMK-1500_graphite_based_on_limited_measurements_and_full_3D_core_modeling

- Effect of Long-Term Thermal Influence on Mechanical Properties of Welded Joints for Carbon Steels used in Power Engineering by Zilvinas Bazaras & Boris Timofeev : https://www.researchgate.net/publication/221911130_Effect_of_Long-Term_Thermal_Influence_on_Mechanical_Properties_of_Welded_Joints_for_Carbon_Steels_used_in_Power_Engineering

- Decay Heat Generation in Fission Reactors by M. Ragheb: https://mragheb.com/NPRE%20457%20CSE%20462%20Safety%20Analysis%20of%20Nuclear%20Reactor%20Systems/Decay%20Heat%20generation%20in%20Fission%20Reactors.pdf

- Neutron Moderators: https://www.nuclear-power.net/neutron-moderator/

- Neutron Capture & Neutron Cross section: https://www.nuclear-power.net/neutron-cross-section/
https://www.nuclear-power.net/nuclear-power/reactor-physics/nuclear-engineering-fundamentals/neutron-nuclear-reactions/neutron-capture-radiative-capture/

- Void Reactivity: https://www.nuclear-power.net/nuclear-power/reactor-physics/nuclear-fission-chain-reaction/reactivity-coefficients-reactivity-feedbacks/void-coefficient/

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