වැනසුණු_චනෝබිල්_28ට_වසරකට_පසු
-Chernobyl Looks Like After 28 years-
Twenty-eight years ago Chernobyl had the worst nuclear disaster known to mankind. Nowadays it's abandoned, creepy, haunting and somewhat beautiful.
-In April 1986, the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine suffered a catastrophic reactor meltdown.-
-The resulting explosion and fire released large quantities of radioactive particles into the atmosphere.-
-It is the worst nuclear power plant accident in history in terms of cost and death toll.-
-The disaster began in Reactor 4 during a systems test, shortly after 1am on Saturday, 26 April 1986.-
-An unexpected power surge occurred during an experiment to test a new emergency core cooling feature.-
-Workers attempted an emergency shutdown, but this failed, causing an exponentially larger power surge.-
-According to some estimations, the reactor jumped to around ten times the normal operational output.-
-The reactor vessel ruptured and burning lumps of material and sparks shot into the air above the reactor.-
-Fuel escaping into the reactor’s exterior cooling structure caused the destruction of the reactor casing.-
-The 2,000-ton upper plate of the reactor assembly was torn off by the explosion, sending it up through the roof.-
-The combustible graphite moderator was exposed to air, causing it to ignite.-
-The resulting fire sent a plume of highly radioactive fallout into the atmosphere and over a huge geographical area.-
-Thirty one deaths are directly attributed to the accident, all among the reactor staff and emergency workers.-
-Over 350,400 people have been evacuated and resettled from the most severely contaminated areas.-
-The accident raised concerns about the safety of the Soviet nuclear power industry, and nuclear power in general.-
-The disaster forced the Soviet government to become less secretive.-
Twenty-eight years ago Chernobyl had the worst nuclear disaster known to mankind. Nowadays it's abandoned, creepy, haunting and somewhat beautiful.
-In April 1986, the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine suffered a catastrophic reactor meltdown.-
-The resulting explosion and fire released large quantities of radioactive particles into the atmosphere.-
-It is the worst nuclear power plant accident in history in terms of cost and death toll.-
-The disaster began in Reactor 4 during a systems test, shortly after 1am on Saturday, 26 April 1986.-
-An unexpected power surge occurred during an experiment to test a new emergency core cooling feature.-
-Workers attempted an emergency shutdown, but this failed, causing an exponentially larger power surge.-
-According to some estimations, the reactor jumped to around ten times the normal operational output.-
-The reactor vessel ruptured and burning lumps of material and sparks shot into the air above the reactor.-
-Fuel escaping into the reactor’s exterior cooling structure caused the destruction of the reactor casing.-
-The 2,000-ton upper plate of the reactor assembly was torn off by the explosion, sending it up through the roof.-
-The combustible graphite moderator was exposed to air, causing it to ignite.-
-The resulting fire sent a plume of highly radioactive fallout into the atmosphere and over a huge geographical area.-
-Thirty one deaths are directly attributed to the accident, all among the reactor staff and emergency workers.-
-Over 350,400 people have been evacuated and resettled from the most severely contaminated areas.-
-The accident raised concerns about the safety of the Soviet nuclear power industry, and nuclear power in general.-
-The disaster forced the Soviet government to become less secretive.-
