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Jan 1, 1193
Chernobyl, as a city, Begins
Chernobyl first appearred on a charter in 1193. The city was known as a hunting-lodge of Knyaz Rostislavich. Most histrocial researchers that reseached chernobyl believed that only a city that had been renamed, which was orginially known as the city of Strezhev. The ancient city of Chernobyl is historically connected to the Mongol-Tatar invasion, as well as Lithuanian and Polish rule. -
Hours after
VIDEO2Hours after the explosion residents nearby the plant were told they would be able to soon return to their homes, but could only gather what they could for the time being. Later on about a day or so, residents were told that the radiation was way higher than predicted and that it would be deadly to return home. -
Fire
The first fire and alert alarm was activated at 1:26 a.m. and local fire-fighters responded. Fire-fighters from all the near by cities responded in the early morning hours. The fire took approximentaley 5-6 hours to be completely put out. Some fire fighters did die in the start of the first response due to short staff and out of control flames. -
Explosion
On April 26, 1986 a nuclear explosion occured in the city of Chernobyl. This was a 'test" gone way wrong, and whiped out the whole enitre city of Chernobyl. This has been the biggest radiation explosion in the enitre world, and will most likely stay that way for the rest of life on earth. -
The cause
The operator forced the reactor up to 7% power by removing all but 6 of the control rods. This was a violation of porcedure and the reactor was never built to operate at such low power. The RBMK reactor is unstable when its core is filled with water. The operator tried to take over the flow of the water which was returning from the turbine manually which is very difficult because small temperature changes can cause large power fluctuations. -
Disiaster hits hard
Disaster hits, The reactor reached 120 times its full power. All the radioactive fuel disintegrated, and pressure from all of the excess steam which was supposed to go to the turbines broke every one of the pressure tubes and blew off the entire top shield of the reactor. Which caused the radioactivey to spread across the city and continent. -
Disaster
VIDEOThis accident was so bad that four hundred times more radioactive material was released during the Chernobyl accident than had been released on the population of Hiroshima during World War II. Which caused severe radiation realted deaths. On the radioactive disaster scale, this incident scored a 7, being a major disater with severe enviormental, and personal effects. -
The shield of radiation
November 1986: A unique cover above the reactor, the so-called "Sarcophagus," is built to protect the environment from radiation for at least 30 years. But now...the structure has become extremely unstable, with experts warning that if it collapses, a catastrophic amount of radiation could be released into the atmosphere. Recent work on one of the walls of the sarcophagus has reduced the chances of collapse and extended its life by around 15 years,. -
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The NRC Actions
The NRC begin to gather information on the explosion starting in January 1987 until April 1989. Once they finished gathering and have a full analysis of the data, they made the decision not to change any of the safety or normal regulations for nuclear power plants of how to produce energy for the public. -
The Aftermath
The aftermath of Chernobyl was horrible, here listed are some affects from the incident; Infant mortality has risen significantly in several European countries, including Germany, since Chernobyl. In Belarus alone, over 10,000 people developed thyroid cancer since the catastrophe. 50,000 to 100,000 liquidators (clean-up workers) died in the years up to 2006 as well. -
Resettlement
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In July 2010, the Belarus government announced that it had decided to settle back thousands of people in the 'contaminated areas' covered by the Chernobyl fallout, from which 24 years ago they hastily relocated. Compared with the list of contaminated areas in 2005, some 211 villages and hamlets had been reclassified with fewer restrictions on resettlement.
