2006-11-30 06:26:58 · 10 answers · asked by paris4everx92 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
The Chernobyl disaster was an accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant on April 26, 1986 at 01:23 a.m., consisting of an explosion at the plant and subsequent radioactive contamination of the surrounding geographic area. The power plant is located at 51°23′23″N, 30°5′58″E, near Pripyat, Ukraine, at the time part of the Soviet Union. It is regarded as the worst accident ever in the history of nuclear power. A plume of radioactive fallout drifted over parts of the western Soviet Union, Eastern and Western Europe, Scandinavia, the UK, Ireland and eastern North America. Large areas of Ukraine, Belarus, and Russia were badly contaminated, resulting in the evacuation and resettlement of over 336,000 people. About 60% of the radioactive fallout landed in Belarus, according to official post-Soviet data.
2006-11-30 06:29:28 · answer #1 · answered by Barkley Hound 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
On April 25th -26th, 1986 the World's worst nuclear power accident occurred at Chernobyl in the former USSR (now Ukraine). The Chernobyl nuclear power plant located 80 miles north of Kiev had 4 reactors and whilst testing reactor number 4 numerous safety procedures were disregarded. At 1:23am the chain reaction in the reactor became out of control creating explosions and a fireball which blew off the reactor's heavy steel and concrete lid.
The Chernobyl accident killed more than 30 people immediately, and as a result of the high radiation levels in the surrounding 20-mile radius, 135,00 people had to be evacuated.
2006-11-30 06:28:45 · answer #2 · answered by mickey g 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
The city of Chernobyl, in what used to be the Soviet Union, had a nuclear power plant that had a major reactor leak. Kind of like what happened here at Three Mile Island in New York, but MUCH worse. Hundreds of people died from exposure to radioactivity, thousands more are believed to have developed cancers from the radiation, and to this date the city of Chernobyl is uninhabitable because of high radiation levels.
2006-11-30 06:29:29 · answer #3 · answered by sarge927 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Russia had a terrible nuclear disaster in Chernobyl!!!!
2006-11-30 06:29:05 · answer #4 · answered by tom_nearhood 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That refers to the explosion & fire at the Soviet Union's Chernobyl nuclear power plant. It killed many people and effectively poisoned the surrounding region.
2006-11-30 06:30:05 · answer #5 · answered by My Evil Twin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Leak of radioactive material in Russia.
2006-11-30 06:28:58 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's the perfect example of what lazy, under-educated, and underpaid people can achieve.
2006-11-30 06:30:02 · answer #7 · answered by eh! 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the china syndrom
2006-11-30 06:38:00 · answer #8 · answered by Magick Kitty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster
2006-11-30 06:29:02 · answer #9 · answered by epbr123 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
same thing that will soon happen to one american city.
2006-11-30 06:28:37 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋