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With Contributions from Havakent: https://havakent.com/ In the mid-1960s, the Soviet Union launched a major nuclear energy program to prove its superiority to the world. At the center of this program was the largest nuclear reactor ever designed: the RBMK. Three times larger than American reactors, this massive machine with a unique design was an engineering marvel on paper. But deep down, in the dark corners of its design, fatal flaws lurked. To understand the Chernobyl disaster, we need to look at the technical details of these flaws, the complex world of reactor physics, and the behind-the-scenes events that took place in the control room that night. Here is the technical story of the world's largest nuclear accident that you've never heard before...