Could add a Flak effect as well, knocking ships around and such.
First explosion is the moment the reactor fails, causing a massive EMP burst, deshielding nearby ships and perhaps even knocking energy out for those already shieldless. Then come the small explosions, every, say, five seconds. Then the big boom.
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