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Start of the Chernobyl
The Chernobyl was constructed
This is the date where they finished the third and fourth unit of the Chernobyl. Therefore finishing it. When it was finished they inserted RMBK Reactors ,which is one of the reasons for the accident -
Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster
Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster
At the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant a test was run on a reactor but went wrong causing a nuclear explosion. -
Test Was Done On The Reactor
Test was run at 12:00 am on the reactor that went terribly wrong causing the explosion -
The effects
Due to the Radiation most deaths were tragically because of poisoning from radiation. This included things such as cancer deformallities etc. -
The People of Pripyat Evacuate
The people of Pripyat evacuate 3 days after the explosion the town near the Nuclear Power Plant evacuate -
Cleaning up
CLeaning Up
1986-1987 The Soviet Union was responsible for the cleaninng of the Chernobyl's disaster. The reason was for the remaining three reactors could be started up again ,and the reactors that were damaged would be shielded from the people so no one else would be sick. Allowing those reactors to release gas without affecting anyone. -
Awareness
Awareness
In 1989 the World Health Organization (WHO) raised awareness for the radioactivity of the Chernobyl's Disaster. Exposure to radioactivity can cause two main problems. Deterministic where the organization is certain that under certain conditions a person will be affected. Also people that are exposed to rays over a sustainable amount of time will be diagnosed with Acute Radiation Syndrome and stochastic.. -
Death toll raises
Death toll raised in the 1990s to 60,000 deaths in Russia and an estimated 140,000 deaths in Ukraine and Belarus -
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Closure
<a href='http://http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/chernobyl/inf07.html' >Closure
The powerplant is slowly shutting down. December 2000 the third unit was shut down because of the energy shortages. In 1991 unit 2 shut down because of a turbine hall fire ,and unit one was shut down at the end of 1997. Last one is unit 4 which is now surounded by a concrete wall to continue use of the reactors. -
Still today
25 years later many residents still have not returned to their homes. The land has grown over the buildings due to no upkeep and radiation still lingers
