RBMK-1500 personnel training platform · preventable outcomes division

RBMK-1500 · Reactor Hero

Recovered from a Soviet nuclear-engineering training center, circa 1978. Authentic training apparatus. Personnel records were filed under “lessons learned.”

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Simulation 00:00.0 Refresh 2 Hz State NOMINAL

Core & neutronics

coupled reactivity
Neutron flux
Neutron stream100 %nominal flux = 100%
Criticality factor · keff1.0001.000 = stable
Thermal power3 200 MWthnominal output = 3,200 MWth
Electric power1 000 MWenominal output = 1,000 MWe
Reactor temperature284 °Cnormal operation ≈ 284 °C

The RBMK had no direct “xenon meter.” This internal value is a simulator estimate.

Cooling

primary & secondary circuits
Flow stateONLINEMain pumps · actual flow 100%
Primary circuit284 °Cnominal ≈ 284 °C
Secondary circuit260 °Cnominal ≈ 260 °C
Steam-drum pressure7.00 MPaRBMK nominal pressure ≈ 7 MPa
Steam bubbles · positive void coefficient0 %more steam can increase reactivity

Safety & building

limited instruments
Diesel generatorSTOPPEDSpin-up: 40.0 s
Reactor lidINTACT
Building health100 %
Room radiation meter · max 3.6 R/h0.2 R/hActual estimate: 0.2 R/h

Comrade Dyatlov: “My meter maxes out at three-something.” (The actual exposure rate exceeded 1,000 R/h, which the meter considered somebody else’s problem.)

Control rods

graphite tips

+ withdraws a rod and increases reactivity. − inserts it. During SCRAM, the graphite tips enter before the absorber section.

Alarms

0 active
  • No active alarms

Event log

newest at the bottom

A completely unnecessary educational detour, preserved for anyone convinced that touching controls improves understanding.