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

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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.

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