April 2006: Gorbachev writes that the Chernobyl disaster, “even more than my launch of perestroika, was perhaps the real cause of the collapse of the Soviet Union.” A view of the Chernobyl Nuclear power plant three days after the explosion. Considered history’s worst nuclear accident, the...
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?
Now Chernobyl is back in the news, for another troubling reason. On March 11,Ukraine claimedthat Russian President Vladimir Putin had "ordered the preparation of a terrorist attack" on theChernobyl nuclear power plant. The main electric supply to the plant was cut off earlier that week, with ...
A view of the Chernobyl Nuclear power plant three days after the explosion. Considered history’s worst nuclear accident, the Chernobyl disaster on April 26, 1986 killed 31 people directly, many due to radiation poisoning during the cleanup. The area around the plant remains so contaminated that ...
Learn about the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster in 1986, as well as the exclusion zone. Discover one of the worst nuclear catastrophes in...
Julie AnneBackground. Many people in Belarus were exposed to radioactive contamination from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster in 1986, and psychosocial effects are expected to be the most prominent health effect of this disaster. Little is know about how whether perceptions about radiation ...
The worst nuclear accident happened during a test to establish the safety of plant, i.e. to see how long a spinning turbine could provide electrical power to certain systems in the plant before diesels start in case of an accident with reactor shutdown. At 1 AM on April 25: one of the...
切尔诺贝利灾难(Chernobyldisaster) LocaltimeonApril26,1986at1:24,theSovietRepublicof Ukraine(Chernobyl'ssociety,frommeandenergy-saving, Chernobyl)nuclearpowerplant(originallynamedLenin) seriousleakandexplosionaccident.Theaccidentresultedin 31deathsonthespot,tensofthousandsofpeopledueto long-termimpactofradioactive...
The accident at a nuclear power plant in Ukraine shocked the world, permanently altered a region, and leaves many questions unanswered.
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