![Prof Claire Corkhill on Twitter: "@FrantaJaro Just wanted to show what control rods are. Am I wrong?" / Twitter Prof Claire Corkhill on Twitter: "@FrantaJaro Just wanted to show what control rods are. Am I wrong?" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D7qFcTAXoAEBfIv.jpg)
Prof Claire Corkhill on Twitter: "@FrantaJaro Just wanted to show what control rods are. Am I wrong?" / Twitter
![Philip Grossman on Twitter: "Absorbing/control rods of the Chernobyl RBMK Reactor @ScienceChannel #MysteriesOfTheAbandoned https://t.co/zUxatYFSFP" / Twitter Philip Grossman on Twitter: "Absorbing/control rods of the Chernobyl RBMK Reactor @ScienceChannel #MysteriesOfTheAbandoned https://t.co/zUxatYFSFP" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DImkK_nWsAICkzM.jpg:large)
Philip Grossman on Twitter: "Absorbing/control rods of the Chernobyl RBMK Reactor @ScienceChannel #MysteriesOfTheAbandoned https://t.co/zUxatYFSFP" / Twitter
![Prof Claire Corkhill on Twitter: "There were another 16 RBMK reactors with the same design operating in 1986. Today, there are 11. They were redesigned to reduce the void coefficient, changed the Prof Claire Corkhill on Twitter: "There were another 16 RBMK reactors with the same design operating in 1986. Today, there are 11. They were redesigned to reduce the void coefficient, changed the](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D7qGNDyW4AAF8AR.jpg)
Prof Claire Corkhill on Twitter: "There were another 16 RBMK reactors with the same design operating in 1986. Today, there are 11. They were redesigned to reduce the void coefficient, changed the
Some nuclear reactors like the RBMK in Chernobyl use graphite control rods. These graphite rods surround the uranium fuel rods and are used to moderate the reaction. How do these graphite control
Why did the graphite tips in the control rods at Chernobyl cause the explosion when there was already a large amount of graphite rods in the control rod channels? - Quora
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