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The Chernobyl nuclear disaster of 1986 was the worst nuclear power plant accident in history. On April 26, 1986, a failed safety test at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine caused a massive explosion that released radiation 100 times more than the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

The Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident in 1986 was one of the worst nuclear disasters in history. A flawed reactor design and human error caused an explosion that released radiation and led to at least 28 deaths from acute radiation poisoning.

The Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident in 1986 was one of the worst nuclear disasters in history. A flawed reactor design and human error caused an explosion that released radiation and led to at least 28 deaths from acute radiation poisoning.

SHORT-TERM IMPACTS AND RESPONSES. - 203 people were hospitalized immediately. 31 of them eventually died. Most of these people were workers in the plant or local firefighters. - NW winds from the...

In the early morning of 26 April 1986, one of the four reactors at the Chernobyl nuclear power station ran out of control while engineers were running safety tests. Within four seconds, a power surge of 100 times normal output led to a violent explosion and fire.

The Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster. Saturday, 26 April 1986: The accident at reactor 4 occurred during an experiment to test a potential safety emergency core cooling feature. Slideshow 8778380 by mmccarthy

Chernobyl A Case Study. Presented by: Alex Ciobanu. Breakdown. Nuclear power plant with 4 reactors near city of Chernobyl in the former USSR Reactor 4 exploded on April 26 1986 The only nuclear accident in a civilian nuclear power plant ever. Breakdown con’t.

Background The Chernobyl accident in 1986 caused widespread radioactive contamination and enormous concern. Twenty years later, the World Health Organization and the International Atomic Energy Authority issued a generally reassuring statement about the consequences.

The Chernobyl disaster was the worst nuclear power plant accident in history. In 1986, a flawed reactor design and human error caused an explosion and fire that released radiation into the atmosphere. Over 30 people died immediately from radiation exposure.

Chernobyl disaster, accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power station in the Soviet Union in 1986, the worst disaster in nuclear power generation history. Between 2 and 50 people were killed in the initial explosions, and dozens more contracted serious radiation sickness, some of whom later died.