2. The Chernobyl disasterThe Chernobyl disaster
was a nuclear reactorwas a nuclear reactor
accident at theaccident at the
Chernobyl NuclearChernobyl Nuclear
Power Plant in Ukraine.Power Plant in Ukraine.
Chernobyl is the worstChernobyl is the worst
nuclear power plantnuclear power plant
disaster in history.disaster in history.
3. What happened…What happened…
• April 26April 26thth
19861986
• 1:23 a.m.1:23 a.m.
• Pripyat, UkrainePripyat, Ukraine
• 56 Direct Deaths56 Direct Deaths
• 600,000 radiation exposure600,000 radiation exposure
• 4,000 cancer deaths4,000 cancer deaths
• 400 times more fallout then400 times more fallout then
bombs dropped in Hiroshimabombs dropped in Hiroshima
4. How this happened…How this happened…
On April 26th
1986 the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant was conducting a
test that ended with an explosion of the No. 4 reactor. Operators had
allowed power levels to drop as part of a safety experiment, disabling key
mechanisms that would have shut the plant down if anything went wrong.
No Lymphatic System
5. Today…Today…
The Chernobyl reactor is now enclosed in a large concrete
structure.
200 tons of highly radioactive material remains
Habitation banned within 30km
The situation is just as bad now with cancer and leukemia as
it was in 1986
New Safe Confinement structure will be built by the end of
2011
