Nuclear reactors were the pride of the Soviet Union; if you think about it, they weren’t entirely wrong. It’s clean, powerful energy that can fully sustain a country. In fact, the city of Pripyat was born because of the nuclear power plant, meaning that most of the population worked there. No one would have ever imagined that what made them prosper would also be their downfall.
As I was saying, a safety test needed to be conducted. Essentially, the power supply would be cut, and they would wait for an external generator to turn on and keep the entire plant running. However, there was a flaw. The generators took about 60 seconds to activate, which was fatal when dealing with a nuclear reactor. Faced with this issue, a possible solution emerged: using the turbine itself, in its final second
