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Test Delayed
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A test was scheduled for this day to test if a turbine could supply power to the cooling system in case of an emergency. A controller of an electricity grid requested that the plant stayed operational so that it could supply power to the grid, so the plant could not perform the scheduled shut down and the test was delayed till the next day. -
The accident
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All though the plant was below the minimum operation level and did not have as many control rods in the core as they were supposed to, the test to see if a turbine could supply power to the cooling systems was started. The reactor was becoming unstable so the operator pressed an emergency button that dropped control rods into the core, but they didn’t help stabilize the core. The reactor was destroyed and explosions started happening around the plant that killed two people. -
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The Aftermath
Chernobyl AftermathMore than 4000 cases of thyroid cancer were diagnosed among children and adolescents between 1992 to 2002 in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine. Victims under 14 years were most severely affected by the elevated concentrations of radioiodine found in milk. -
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The Aftermath Part 2
SPONIncidents of skin lesions, respiratory ailments, infertility and birth defects were readily found among the more than five million people who inhabit the affected areas of Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine for many years following the accident. -
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What Happened To The Nuclear Power Plant?
WikipediaFollowing the accident, questions arose about the future of the plant and its eventual fate. All work on the unfinished reactors 5 and 6 was halted three years later. However, the trouble at the Chernobyl plant did not end with the disaster in reactor 4. The damaged reactor was sealed off and 200 cubic meters of concrete was placed between the disaster site and the operational buildings. -
Putting out the fire
Workers were pumping water into the core to try and put out the fire, but this was stopped to prevent other units in the plant from flooding. Since they still needed to stop the fire, they got helicopters to drop a mixture of boron, dolomite, sand, clay, and lead into the core in hopes that they could bury the core and stop the fire.
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The Chernobyl Sarcophagus
Chernobyl VideoSarcophagusOn May 20th, 1986, people were starting to design a sarcophagus around the Chernobyl Power Plant to stop the radiation from spreding around. And in June construction began and concluded on November of the smae year. -
Nuclear Radiation Today
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The Radiation caused 2 types of radioactive exposure.
Acute Exposure and Long Term Exposure. Acute exposure is where a dangerously high amount of radiation is exposed for a short period of time. 134 power station workers were exposed to acute exposure of radiation right after the accident, 31 of these workers died around 3 months later. Long term exposure causes long term illnesses, like cancer. -
Types if Diseases caused by Chernobyl
Diseases There are many types of diseases and cancers that are causing a health impact on the people of Chernobyl.
Thyroid cancer has increased in children since the disaster; Leukemia has increased in children and adults by 50%. Nervous system disorders have increased by 43%, cardiovascular diseases have increased by 43%, bone and muscle disorders by 62%, and diabetes by 28%. -
Social Impact of Chernobyl Today
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The social impact from the Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster is devastating. There is a great loss of culture, after the accident, 400,000 residents were asked to leave their homes for safety, and most people never came back. -
Environmental Contamination
Contamination Levels The environment and food has been contaminated, as well as the economic impact. People who continue to live in Chernobyl after the accident continue to infect themselves with large doses of radiation. The food supply is contaminated and they are trying to keep their traditional ways with eating natural food, but really they need to change.
