Running a nuclear power plant isn’t an easy task, even with the level of automation available to a 1980s Soviet RBMK reactor.

For decades, light water reactors have used control rods to regulate the fission reaction that powers a nuclear plant. The rods move vertically in and out of the core and are made of mat. . .

Imagine a friend meets you at the train station and shows you the way to their house. You need to find your way back on your own. If, afterwards, you only remember the smell of a freshly baked bun ...