Comment by jodrellblank

> old outdated

Wikipedia's pages on Chernobyl say that construction started in 1972 and the problem with the control rods causing an initial spike of power was discovered in 1983 ?

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_Nuclear_Power_Plant

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster#Accident_se... (search 'Ignalina nuclear power plant')