The initial explosion at Chernobyl in 1986 was actually a steam explosion. A controlled nuclear reaction is key to a nuclear power plant; if the core...Become a member and unlock all Study Answers Start today. Try it now Create an account Ask a question Our experts can answer your ...
at Chernobyl. The catastrophe did not burst into the headlines all at once, as catastrophes generally do in the Western world. Accidents in the Soviet Union, for one reason or another, slowly develop,
This is the poison comradeKhomyukmentioned. When the core is running at full power it burns the xenon away before it can cause a problem. But because of the delay, Chernobyl Reactor 4 has been held at half power for 10 hours. The xenon did not burn away. It built up, poisoning the ...
Photo: Nuclear nightmare: In the days following the Chernobyl nuclear power explosion in the Ukraine in 1986, a cloud of radioactive "fallout" spread throughout Europe. In this sequence of pictures, you can see the cloud (the pink area) on day 2, day 6, and day 10 after the accident....