Please note this does not mean the USSR wasn’t that way. Just want to clarify I’m not a tankie, lol.

  • FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    3 hours ago

    Coolant flow stopped and they pushed the rods in rather than out, compounding the heat buildup. It was a pressure cooker explosion, followed by fissile material melting. It didn’t melt down on its own, it was guided.