Chernobyl Cio Banu
Transcript of Chernobyl Cio Banu
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ChernobylChernobyl
A Case Study A Case Study
Presented by:Presented by:
Alex Ciobanu Alex Ciobanu
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BreakdownBreakdown
• Nuclear power plant
with 4 reactors• near city of Chernobylin the former USSR
• Reactor 4 explodedon April 26 1986
• The only nuclear
accident in a civiliannuclear power plantever
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BreakdownBreakdown con’tcon’t
• Caused 31 deaths
instantly• May have caused300000 deaths
• Upwards of 20 millionpeople exposed toradioactivity
• Will cost $400 billionand 200 years tototally clean up
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Accident Accident
• Experiment started
April 25 to determinehow long turbinewould spin andproduce power after aloss of electricalpower
• Reactor was known tobe unstable at power levels lower than 700MW(t)
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ExplosionExplosion
• April 26, 1:24 am - plant exploded
• 8 tonnes of fuel were ejected into atmosphereincluding plutonium, graphite moderator, iodine-131, and cesium- 137
• 12 X 1018 Bq of radioactivity were released
• May 2-3, 45 000 people were evacuated
• May 4, 169 000 people were evacuated• Later another 219 000 evacuated, to comprise
4300 square kilometers of contaminated area
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PreventabilityPreventability
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Report 21 Feb. 1979Report 21 Feb. 1979
• deviations and violations of construction and assemblytechnology are occurring… these could lead to mishaps
and accidents• The structural pillars of the generator room were erected
with a deviation of up to 100 mm from the reference axes• Wall panels have been installed with a deviation of up to
150 mm from the axes• Crane tracks and stopways have vertical drops of up to
100 mm and in places a slope of up to 8 degree
• As a result of inadequate monitoring of the condition of safety equipment, in the first three quarters of 1978, 170individuals suffered work-related injuries, with the loss of work time totaling 3,366 worker-days.
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PhilosophyPhilosophy
• in a recent Hollywood movie it was said a
man flew in space before Yuri Gagarin, butwasn’t patriotic enough to hold his breathwhen life support stopped so he waserased from the history books.
• The soviet system put national pride over
human life, the following story is anexample of that.
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IntroductionIntroduction
• April 23 1986 Ciobanufamily vacationed atcabana on theCarpathian mountains.
• Cabana was at 2200 m.
(7200 ft.)
• Brought food since littlefood available on the
mountain
• One week vacation
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VacationVacation
• It was raining all day
• TV on mountain
• Nobody listens to radioduring the day
• 9:00 pm rogue station
from Germanyannounced radioactivityin air from Chernobyl
• Cloud went over Romania2:00 p.m.
• Me and Father werevisiting a cave at the time.
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PanicPanic
• Radio station said not to be outdoors, not
at high altitude, careful of rain• Raining all day and everybody thought of
days activities, all outdoors
• Everybody in group Chem. Eng. Realizedsevere problem
• Romanian news said nothing panic arose• Decided to leave next morning to lower
ground
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The runThe run
• Morning men checkedgondola to get down.
• Turned off so nobodyclimbs mountain
• One family had car onmountain, unpaved road
• 4 kids + 4 mothers + 1driver in a mid-size car
• Men 20 – 30 km. hikedown the mountain
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Aftermath Aftermath
• That morning Romanian government declared
the emergency with news from Sweden• Car stopped at the first medical centre and
waited 2 hours for children to take Iodine
• Men walked 4 -5 hours in radioactivity down totrain station
• All season no leafy greens could be consumed,or most vegetables
• Most lawns were radioactive all summer
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ConclusionConclusion
• This is a great example of the risks of
research with volatile materials• This is also a great example of the policy
of secrecy and its impact.• An excellent case study of what not to do
• A constant reminder of the failures of thepast and a lesson for future
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Thank YouThank You
Have a great dayHave a great day
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ReferencesReferences
• http://www.ceet.niu.edu/faculty/vanmeer/chernob.htm
• http://www.chernobyl.co.uk/
• http://wwwbcf.usc.edu/~meshkati/causes.html
• http://www.uic.com.au/nip22.htm• http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/archives/n2constr.html
• http://www-rcf.usc.edu/~meshkati/chernobyl.html
• http://www.uic.com.au/nip22app.htm#sequence
• The Ciobanu family