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The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Zone of Alienation is an officially designated exclusion zone around the site of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor disaster.: p.4–5 : p.49f.3 It is also commonly known as the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, the 30-Kilometre Zone, or simply The Zone.: p.2–5
The IAEA provides information and resources on the 1986 Chornobyl nuclear power plant accident, which caused a massive release of radiation into the atmosphere and affected millions of people. Learn about the causes, consequences and responses to the accident, as well as the current status and future prospects of the affected areas. The IAEA also supports various projects and initiatives ...
Chernobyl accident, Accident at the Chernobyl (Ukraine) nuclear power station in the Soviet Union, the worst disaster in the history of nuclear power generation.On April 25–26, 1986, technicians attempted a poorly designed experiment, causing the chain reaction in the core to go out of control.
On April 26, 1986, the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the Soviet Union suffered a massive explosion. This gripping five-part miniseries tells the powerful and visceral story of the worst man-made accident in history, following the tragedy from the moment of the early-morning explosion through the chaos and loss of life in the ensuing days, weeks and months.
1. What caused the Chernobyl accident? On April 26, 1986, the Number Four RBMK reactor at the nuclear power plant at Chernobyl, Ukraine, went out of control during a test at low-power, leading to an explosion and fire that demolished the reactor building and released large amounts of radiation into the atmosphere.
Since the accident, the other three Chernobyl reactors, an additional Russian RMBK and both Lithuanian RBMKs have permanently shut down. Chernobyl’s Unit 2 was shut down in 1991 after a serious turbine building fire; Unit 1 was closed in November 1996; and Unit 3 was closed in December 1999, as promised by Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma.
Apr 15, 2019 · A safety test, which took place on April 26, 1986, at the Chernobyl nuclear power station, was deemed so routine that the plant’s director didn’t even bother showing up. It quickly spiraled ...
