Chernobyl

[Shoden]

anyone here ever heard about this tragedy 19 years ago?

Chernobyl Nucular Reactor, Ukraine Russia

[Rye]

Yeah, it's real sad. I remember having to watch a video on it's effects last year in Physical Science.

[gokufusionss1]

it's been 19 years all ready, and still no superhero's you lied to me marvel.

[Shoden]

it all happened from the irrisponisble Staff that commanded the employess to turn off the steam and pump to see if the turbines would turn but it caused the reactor to distabilize and overheat then explode emitting radioactive fragments blowing a hole in the roof cuasing another explosion as the exposed Uranium leaked out into the colling water and into the air. wow that was real bad its been buried and encased in concrete today

[YukiKiro]

the effects ended up effecting almost half of the world. hell, there are trees near the accident that are completely different now. its almost like someone drew a line, and a different tree grew from the line on. and its amazing how many warning signs they ignored to cause this.

[Shoden]

its just ridiculous how stupid some people are about the planet and the effects of there actions they need to know theres only one life and planet and what use is money and power if everyones dead from radioactive poisons? did them jerks learn anything from Chernobyl or is it just another thing of the past?

anyone remember 1988 the Piper Alpha incident? 167 dead and no one seems to care anymore

[Odaisé Gaelach]

it all happened from the irrisponisble Staff that commanded the employess to turn off the steam and pump to see if the turbines would turn but it caused the reactor to distabilize and overheat then explode emitting radioactive fragments blowing a hole in the roof cuasing another explosion as the exposed Uranium leaked out into the colling water and into the air. wow that was real bad its been buried and encased in concrete today

Anatoly Dyatlov (the man in charge of Reactor No. 4 that night) wasn't that stupid, and it wasn't entirely his fault.

In the reactor there are uranium rods to make the fission happen. There are also control rods made from boron. When Dyatlov gave the order to remove most of the control rods out of the reactor, the few that still remained in it were only slightly inserted at the top. So power and heat were building into a hot spot at the bottom of the core, where the sensors sometimes can't detect it.

No one in the plant were aware of the flaw in the reactor with the hot spot. If they did have, Dyatlov probably would have changed his plans. Sadly, tragically, he didn't.

If you want to see a good documentary on it, I recommend Zero Hour: Disaster at Chernobyl as a good watch. It dramatises what happened in the final hour at the plant from records and eye-witness accounts. Really good stuff.

[YukiKiro]

yeah, because of chyrnobl there are tounds in the ukraine now which are deserted. everything is left right where it was, there's just no one there. no spider webs or bug infestation (save maybe cockroaches), everything is so quiet from the fallout.

[krissy]

i saw a series of pictures by a lady who went there on her own a few years ago. ghost town.
i was born pretty close to it physically and on a time line actually.

[udsuna]

Of course, the U.S. has done similar tests in it's own reactors. Mostly a standardized safety check. To detect flaws before they become so dangerous that the plant (while truly active) breached. And if you think Chernobyl was bad... it would have been a hundred times worse if it was fully operational when that occured.

I live within a few miles of a nuke plant. If it breaches just a little, like Chernobyl did, I'd be in danger of radiation poisoning if I stay around too long. If it breaches at full capacity, I cease to exist. Every molecule in my body will be seperated from all of the others. Not that bad a way to die, instant disintigration, no pain, no mess, just a shadow on the wall behind me. But the difference in the devastation would be profound.

[boris no no]

i find it fasinating that noone actullay knew about it until a few days after the event.
i think that in europe they were doing a routine test and found this cloud of radiation.
theres been many,much worse accidents then chernobyl.
it's just that chernobyl is the most publisised.

[Shoden]

well the minimum fission rods for health and safety rules were 22 and only 8 got used the staff went ahead of it regardless of the warnings of other people reactor 4 was going to be shut down in a few days though so they were testing it one more time but they cut off the steam causing the reactor to overheat and breach the roof exposing the uranium to the outside air emitting radioactive gas into the atmosphere but the major explosion was when the rest of the uranium hit the cooling water, those brave firefighters should be remembered 100s sacrificed there lives by going inside unprotected to put the fire out

i agree Chernobyl isnt the worst disaster but it had more of an impact on a global stanzas

[Odaisé Gaelach]

Just a couple of things:

1)
Check out this:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/1071344.stm

2)
As far as I know, the three main nuclear disasters that are put forward in the case against nuclear power are Chernobyl, Three-Mile-Island and Windscale in the 1950s (now Sellafield).

I say the year for Sellafield as it's not the first accident to happen at the plant and is one of the reasons that the Irish Government want it shut down. I'm all for nuclear power but even two accidents with such a phenomenally powerful thing as a nuclear power plant is pushing your luck.

3)
I think that the woman who Reno mentioned was at this site:
http://www.kiddofspeed.com/

[Shoden]

very interesting but i think Chernobyl should of been shut down alot earlier

[Odaisé Gaelach]

The three remaining reactors would've powered most of the Ukraine, so they weren't going to close down Chernobyl until they had another source of power. I understand their point but they should've still been closed down a lot earlier.