Re:Judge: Citibank isn't entitled to $500M it sent to variou...
by bityard on Thursday February 18, 2021 @01:12PM
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> the theory is one operator was upset that another operator was screwing his wife
That's _one_ theory and it's not even the most likely one, it's just the only one they like to trot out whenever a History Channel producer needs to fill time between ads.
The control rods in SL-1 were prone to getting stuck in their channels for a variety of reasons. They were apparently not light either, as part of the investigation for the accident, they built a mockup control rod assembly that was weighted at 84 pounds. For military-age adult male, this is right in the range being able to move, without a lot of control over how _much_ it is moved.
It is, however, clearly a design failure that the removal of a single rod allowed the reactor to go critical, and/or that the rod was able to be removed by a human to the extent it was.
That's _one_ theory and it's not even the most likely one, it's just the only one they like to trot out whenever a History Channel producer needs to fill time between ads.
The control rods in SL-1 were prone to getting stuck in their channels for a variety of reasons. They were apparently not light either, as part of the investigation for the accident, they built a mockup control rod assembly that was weighted at 84 pounds. For military-age adult male, this is right in the range being able to move, without a lot of control over how _much_ it is moved.
It is, however, clearly a design failure that the removal of a single rod allowed the reactor to go critical, and/or that the rod was able to be removed by a human to the extent it was.