DUST OF SNOW_BY ROBERT FROST_EDITED BY_ TANMOY MISHRA
Nuclear catastrophe
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4. The reactor had a dangerously large positive void coefficient. The void coefficient is a measurement of how a reactor responds to increased steam formation in the water coolant.
5. A more significant flaw was in the design of the control rods that are inserted into the reactor to slow down the reaction.
6. Other deficiencies besides these were noted in reactor design, as were its non-compliance with accepted standards and with the requirements of nuclear reactor safety
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8. 203 people were hospitalized immediately. 31 of them eventually died. Most of these people were workers in the plant or local firefighters.
24. Humans were evacuated from within a 20-kilometre radius of the earthquake-damaged Fukushima nuclear reactor complex soon after the overheated reactors and spent fuel ponds began leaking radiation.