April 26, 1986 Kiosk by: Kevin What was Chernobyl? A nuclear power plant in Ukraine. April 26,...
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THE CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT April 26, 1986 Kiosk by: Kevin
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- April 26, 1986 Kiosk by: Kevin
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- What was Chernobyl? A nuclear power plant in Ukraine. April 26, 1986, It set fire. Radiation was in air. Worst nuclear disaster.
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- How did it happen? Running tests Unexpected power surge Explosions set fire to plant
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- Causes Inexperienced workers Faulty Soviet reactor design All safety was ignored
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- Effects Radiation rised about 1 km. Radiation carried by wind. Evacuation of over 200,000 people.
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- Aftermath High death rate for clean up workers Thyroid cancer Infected topsoil, groundwater, and surface water
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- Casualties Not completely sure. Some say 4,000 Some say up to 500,000 are linked to Chernobyl.
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- Radiation levels in 1996 Chernobyl plant
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- Faulty RMBK reactor
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- Chernobyl Today Reactor 4 enclosed in concrete sarcophagus. Nearby cities abandoned. Everything still infected. People still working in reactor 3.
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