• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Home
  • About
  • Podcast
  • Archives
  • Links

Atomic Insights

Atomic energy technology, politics, and perceptions from a nuclear energy insider who served as a US nuclear submarine engineer officer

Accidents

January 1961: SL-1 Explosion Aftermath

July 1, 1996 By Rod Adams

At 9:01 pm on January 3, 1961, the first indication of trouble at SL-1 was received at Atomic Energy Commission Fire Stations. The alarm, which was triggered by one of several measured parameters at the plant, was immediately broadcast over all National Reactor Testing Station radio networks. By 9:10 pm, fire trucks and security personnel […]

Filed Under: Accidents, Army Nuclear Program, Atomic Insights July 1996, Technical History Stories

Chernobyl Accident: Advice and Sources

April 1, 1996 By Rod Adams

Here is our best advice in case of a reactor accident that releases large amounts of radioactive material. If there is evidence of increased radioactivity in the air, stay indoors and breath filtered air. Forced evacuations make taking this action far more difficult. It is worth the effort to take sensible precautions against inhaling or […]

Filed Under: Accidents, Atomic Insights April 1996, Health Effects

Chernobyl Health Effects: Best Available Data

April 1, 1996 By Rod Adams

The health effects of the accident at Chernobyl have been the subject of numerous intensive studies. Here are the results. Two people died during the accident itself; one was killed by the explosion and one suffered a heart attack. A third person died early the next morning from thermal burns (he was scalded by steam.) […]

Filed Under: Accidents, Atomic Insights April 1996, Health Effects

Chernobyl Politics and Market Share: Possible Motives Behind Emphasis

April 1, 1996 By Rod Adams

It is impossible to separate the reaction to Chernobyl from the long-standing rivalry between the Communist and the Capitalist economic systems. The Chernobyl nuclear station was never viewed as just an electricity generator, it was billed as a technological triumph of Communism. The station was bigger, more rapidly built and supposedly better managed than anything […]

Filed Under: Accidents, Atomic Insights April 1996, Politics of Nuclear Energy

Letter from the Editor: Learning from a Tragedy

April 1, 1996 By Rod Adams

Last April, Atomic Energy Insights published its first issue. In the past year, AEI has attempted to provide a view of atomic topics that is different from what is readily available in other sources. On the occasion of our first anniversary, we will tackle one of the most controversial nuclear topics, that of the Chernobyl […]

Filed Under: Accidents, Atomic Insights April 1996, Politics of Nuclear Energy

The Accident at Chernobyl: What Caused the Explosion?

April 1, 1996 By Rod Adams

On April 26th, 1986, at 1:23 am, Alexander Akimov did what he and thousands of other nuclear plant operators have been trained to do. When confronted with confusing reactor indications, he initiated an emergency shutdown of Unit 4 of the large electricity generating station near Pripyat in Ukraine. By doing so, he unwittingly initiated an […]

Filed Under: Accidents, Atomic Insights April 1996, Graphite Moderated Reactors

  • « Go to Previous Page
  • Go to page 1
  • Interim pages omitted …
  • Go to page 9
  • Go to page 10
  • Go to page 11

Primary Sidebar

Search Atomic Insights

The Atomic Show

Atomic Insights

Follow Atomic Insights

Recent Posts

Kenneth Pitzer blamed AEC advisors for slow power reactor development

Why did the US Atomic Energy Commission kill Daniels Pile in 1947?

How did an oil shale investor hamstring his atomic energy competition? (Ancient but impactful smoking gun)

Improved atomic energy offers a pathway that Princeton’s Net Zero America failed to acknowledge

Adams Engines™: Design Concepts

  • Home
  • About Atomic Insights
  • Atomic Show
  • Contact
  • Links

Search Atomic Insights

Archives

Copyright © 2021 · Atomic Insights

Terms and Conditions - Privacy Policy