While the groundwater has not been contaminated to date, the Sarcophagus, which was built around Reactor Unit 4 is crumbling and there are many sites where radiation contaminated equipment were dumped. While the environment in the exclusion zone seems to have recovered, it still has to deal wi...
When Akimov engaged the emergency power reduction system, all boron rods not already in the reactor (93 rods) began to lower. The graphite tips caused a surge in reactivity. The rods lowered only 2-3 meters and stopped. They could go no further, even after Akimov cut the power to their...
the unit to be completely damaged, and more than 8 tons of strong radiation were leaked and dust blown away, causing radiation pollution in many parts of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine. Event origin There are two conflicting theories about the cause of the accident. The first was announce...
That day, an experiment would test the turbo-generator unit. This include a power cut. At 1:24, and after around 50 seconds of the test started, were two explosions. The fuel elements of the reactor broke and explode. The lid blows up and the reactor reached temperatures over 2000 ° ...