[Vinnie]

IIRC Hanford is a graphite reactor, similar to Chernobyl.

[Haiku Guy]

Chernobyl got going during a shutdown test.

Is this reactor really graphite? I didn’t think we had any of those (anymore).

[PLMerite]

“IIRC Hanford is a graphite reactor, similar to Chernobyl.”

Coincidentally I was just reading a book on Chernobyl. Apparently in that instance attempting to SCRAM the reactor made things worse. But that’s the Russians.

[TexasGator]

“IIRC Hanford is a graphite reactor, similar to Chernobyl.”

Reload your memory cells:

https://www.energy-northwest.com/ourenergyprojects/Columbia/Pages/How-Columbia-Makes-Electricity.aspx