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![A tour guide points to the location of the AZ-5 button in the control room of reactor 4 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Stock Photo - Alamy A tour guide points to the location of the AZ-5 button in the control room of reactor 4 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/zooms/6/d6d2678093e7426ea25e2fd27d85b15d/2hm5j9t.jpg)
A tour guide points to the location of the AZ-5 button in the control room of reactor 4 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Stock Photo - Alamy
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Prof Claire Corkhill on Twitter: "8/8 This is what happened in the RBMK reactor at #Chernobyl, causing the fuel to overheat and completely meltdown. But we know that the control rods were
![Chernobyl Power Plant – The infamous AZ-5 button (labelled A3-5 in Russian) » Urbex | Behind Closed Doors Urban Exploring Abandoned Locations Chernobyl Power Plant – The infamous AZ-5 button (labelled A3-5 in Russian) » Urbex | Behind Closed Doors Urban Exploring Abandoned Locations](https://www.bcd-urbex.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/chernobyl-power-plant-16.jpg)
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![Manual control rod depth lever for reactor #2 in Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, green and yellow buttons select upper and lower control rods for fine-tuning reactivity - the AZ-5 SCRAM button is Manual control rod depth lever for reactor #2 in Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, green and yellow buttons select upper and lower control rods for fine-tuning reactivity - the AZ-5 SCRAM button is](https://images-cdn.9gag.com/photo/aRXrg4A_700b.jpg)
Manual control rod depth lever for reactor #2 in Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, green and yellow buttons select upper and lower control rods for fine-tuning reactivity - the AZ-5 SCRAM button is
![Reactor 3 Control Room, 1983. The old AZ-5 button, used before 1987, is visible in the centre of the image. : r/chernobyl Reactor 3 Control Room, 1983. The old AZ-5 button, used before 1987, is visible in the centre of the image. : r/chernobyl](https://i.redd.it/l07yjw1al3a51.png)
Reactor 3 Control Room, 1983. The old AZ-5 button, used before 1987, is visible in the centre of the image. : r/chernobyl
![The AZ-5 button is the middle covered one on the top. The photo was taken in the control room of reactor 1 in the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. : r/ChernobylTV The AZ-5 button is the middle covered one on the top. The photo was taken in the control room of reactor 1 in the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. : r/ChernobylTV](https://i.redd.it/j3ga8obx8k131.jpg)
The AZ-5 button is the middle covered one on the top. The photo was taken in the control room of reactor 1 in the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. : r/ChernobylTV
![Where the AZ-5 "scram" button used to be in Control Room 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. - 9GAG Where the AZ-5 "scram" button used to be in Control Room 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. - 9GAG](https://images-cdn.9gag.com/photo/aDD41KB_700b.jpg)
Where the AZ-5 "scram" button used to be in Control Room 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. - 9GAG
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