like where was it, and when, and what happened?
2007-06-10 23:57:28 · 4 answers · asked by bin 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
The Chernobyl disaster was a major accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant on April 26, 1986 at 01:23 a.m. The power plant is located near Pripyat, Ukraine. An explosion at the plant was followed by radioactive contamination of the surrounding geographic area. Reactor 4 suffered a catastrophic steam explosion that resulted in a nuclear meltdown, a series of additional explosions, and a fire.
The 2005 report prepared by the Chernobyl Forum, led by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and World Health Organization (WHO), attributed 56 direct deaths (47 accident workers, and nine children with thyroid cancer), and estimated that as many as 9,000 people among the approximately 6.6 million most highly exposed, may die from some form of cancer. Specifically, the report cited 4,000 thyroid cancer cases among children diagnosed by 2002
More at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster
2007-06-11 00:02:44 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Chernobyl
2007-06-10 23:59:59 · answer #2 · answered by Robb 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Chernobyl, former USSR on May 20 th 1986.
2007-06-11 00:01:05 · answer #3 · answered by S S 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ALL the CHERNOBYL answers are correct.. (in-case something still has yet to be known to us !!)
2007-06-11 00:06:44 · answer #4 · answered by Sanjiv 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋