1986. A routine test at the power plant went horribly wrong, and two massive explosions blew the 1,000-ton roof off one of the plant’s reactors, releasing 400 times more radiation than the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. The worst nuclear disaster in history killed...
This article explores the causes (and aftermath) of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster that occurred near Pripyat, Ukraine. What prompted reactor 3 to fail? Could the disaster have been avoided altogether?
In 1986, a reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant exploded, triggering a fire and unleashing clouds of radioactive particles that contaminated the area surrounding the power plant for at least an 18-mile (29 km) radius, according to the World Nuclear Association, an international organizatio...
Industry Progress Since the Chernobyl Accident April 1986, World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO), April 1996. Citing this page If you need to cite this page, you can copy this text: Roberta C. Barbalace. Chernobyl Disaster's Agricultural and Environmental Impact. EnvironmentalChemistry.com...
Chernobyl Accident 1986World Nuclear Association
In addition, thousands of km2 of land worldwide are radioactively contaminated, mainly as a result of the Chernobyl disaster and nuclear weapons testing [28]. Pollution and radioactive contamination can induce somatic mutations that are sometimes the source of cancer [29,30]. Not surprisingly, ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Adam Higginbotham's “Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World’s Greatest Nuclear Disaster” has won a $5,000 prize. Higginbotham has received the William E. Colby Award, given for an outstanding book on military or intelligence history. The award, announced ...
7/22/2015 - The example of Chernobyl suggests that the death toll from the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan may eventually top one million, writes Robert Hunziker on CounterPunch.org. In March 2011, a major earthquake and tsunami caused meltdowns at three separate reactors at the Fukushima...
Twenty years later, the World Health Organizat... K Baverstock,D Williams - 《Ciência & Saúde Coletiva》 被引量: 96发表: 2006年 Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster Voices from Chernobyl : the oral history of a nuclear disaster Svetlana Alexievich ; translation ...
to this day. The accident left an indelible impression and is a byword for the potential for disaster that accompanies nuclear power. Thirty-one people died as an immediate result of the radiation and the World Health Organisation estimates that some 4000 excess deaths could result from the fallo...