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The Chernobyl disaster [a] began on 26 April 1986 with the explosion of the No. 4 reactor of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant near the city of Pripyat in the north of the Ukrainian SSR, close to the border with the Byelorussian SSR, in the Soviet Union. [1] It is one of only two nuclear energy accidents rated at seven—the maximum severity ...
Jun 17, 2024 · 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.
Las autoridades soviéticas comenzaron a evacuar la población de las cercanías de la central nuclear de Chernóbil 36 horas después del accidente. En mayo de 1986, aproximadamente un mes después del accidente, todos los habitantes que habían vivido en un radio de 30 km alrededor de la central habían sido desplazados.
IAEA, Vienna, 2008 (ISSN 0074–1884; STI/PUB/1312; ISBN 978–92–0–110807–4) On 26 April 1986, the Number Four reactor at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant in what then was the Soviet Union during improper testing at low-power, resulted in loss of control that led to an explosion and fire that demolished the reactor building and released ...
May 17, 2019 · The Chernobyl disaster: What happened, and the long-term impacts The accident at a nuclear power plant in Ukraine shocked the world, permanently altered a region, and leaves many questions unanswered.
