How the Chernobyl Accident Happened

MIT OpenCourseWare · Lecture · 54 min · 2019 · YouTube title: 26. Chernobyl — How It Happened

Why it's here

Recommended as the detailed technical account of exactly what happened at Chernobyl.

What it covers

MIT 22.01 lecture by Michael Short explaining the Chernobyl accident technically, including RBMK reactor positive feedback, xenon poisoning and the cascade of human errors during the test.