RBMK
Also known as: high power channel-type reactor · RBMK reactor · Reaktor Bolshoy Moshchnosti Kanalnyy
The RBMK is a class of graphite-moderated nuclear power reactor designed and built by the Soviet Union. It is somewhat like a boiling water reactor as water boils in the pressure tubes.
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Reactor design
Reactor design in “Chernobyl, 26 April 1986: The Reactor Test and Evacuation”. The RBMK is a class of graphite-moderated nuclear power reactor designed and built by the Soviet Union. It is somewhat like a boiling water reactor as water boils in the pressure tubes.
Used this reactor
Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant → RBMK: Used this reactor. The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (ChNPP) is a former nuclear power plant undergoing decommissioning. 5 kilometres (10 mi) northwest of the city of Chernobyl, 16 kilometres (10 mi) from the Belarus–Ukraine border, and about 100 kilometres (62 mi) north of Kyiv. The RBMK is a class of graphite-moderated nuclear power reactor designed and built by the Soviet Union. It is somewhat like a boiling water reactor as water boils in the pressure tubes.