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The Elephant's Foot is a mass of black corium with many layers, resembling tree bark and glass. It was formed during the Chernobyl disaster of April 1986 from a lava-like mixture of molten core material that had escaped the reactor enclosure, materials from the reactor itself, and structural components of the plant such as concrete and metal. [3]
The largest known amounts of corium were formed during the Chernobyl disaster. [15] The molten mass of reactor core dripped under the reactor vessel and now is solidified in forms of stalactites, stalagmites, and lava flows; the best-known formation is the "Elephant's Foot", located under the bottom of the reactor in a Steam Distribution Corridor.
The mass was called "the elephant's foot" for its wrinkled appearance. [94] It was composed of melted sand, concrete, and a large amount of nuclear fuel that had escaped from the reactor. The concrete beneath the reactor was steaming hot, and was breached by now-solidified lava and spectacular unknown crystalline forms termed chernobylite .
TIL the "Elephant's Foot" mass of radioactive material beneath the Chernobyl disaster was so dense that they needed to use armor-piercing rounds fired from an AK-47 rifle to break off samples. #50
The protective cover encasing the leaking Chernobyl nuclear power plant has been damaged by a Russian drone, CCTV appears to show. The drone destroyed the plant’s fourth power unit during an ...
The lower section of an Elephant's leg, which has an irregular profile, and 5 toes; A geometrical design typical of Turkmen rugs; Elephant's Foot, a formation of corium at the Chernobyl reactor site; A half length sleeping bag; See bivvy bag; A type of step stool with concealed spring-loaded castors allowing the step to be easily moved
Dyatlov was portrayed by Igor Slavinskiy in the 2004 series Zero Hour: Disaster At Chernobyl, by Roger Alborough in 2006 BBC production Surviving Disaster: Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster and by Paul Ritter in the 2019 HBO miniseries Chernobyl. [19] Dyatlov's memoirs were recorded in 1994, a year before his death.
I was following the construction process of the dome over the reactor in the media and on the internet. I have read a lot about the Chernobyl accident and I know every second of the disaster timeline.