RBMK reactors are inherently safe because their graphite moderator gets smaller with increasing temperature

What will be an ideal response?


The decrease in size of the moderator is a problem known as positive void
coefficient. The material itself gets bigger, but so do the holes inside, so fewer neutrons are
caught. It will interact with fewer neutrons, thus leaving more of them to react, making the
reactor hotter, making more neutrons to react, etc. This is not good.

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