CHERNOBYL DISASTER

Assalamualaikum w.b.t.

Now let me tell you another biggest tragedy that occur about 28 years ago,The Chernobyl disaster. This was the worst and dangerous nuclear accident that occur on 26 April 1986 at the Chernobyl nuclear plant at Ukraine. An explosion and fire released large quantities of radioactive particles into the atmosphere, which spread over much of the western USSR and Europe. During the accident many people died and suffered long term effects such as cancers, deformities and etc.

OVERVIEW

The disaster began during a systems test on Saturday, 26 April 1986 at reactor number four of the Chernobyl plant. There was a sudden and unexpected power surge, and when an emergency shutdown was attempted, an exponentially larger spike in power output occurred, which led to a reactor vessel rupture and a series of steam explosions. These events exposed the graphite moderator of the reactor to air, causing it to ignite. The resulting fire sent a plume of highly radioactive fallout into the atmosphere and over an extensive geographical area, including Pripyat. The plume drifted over large parts of the western Soviet Union and Europe

Thirty one deaths are directly attributed to the accident, all among the reactor staff and emergency workers. An UNSCEAR report places the total confirmed deaths from radiation at 64 as of 2008. The Chernobyl Forum predicts the eventual death toll could reach 4000 among those exposed to the highest levels of radiation, this figure is a total causal death toll prediction, combining the deaths of approximately 50 emergency workers who died soon after the accident from acute radiation syndrome, nine children who have died of thyroid cancer and a future predicted total of 3940 deaths from radiation-induced cancer and leukaemia.

CHERNOBYL CITY(NOW)

The city was left abandoned until now because the radioactivity around the city were still high even though the tragedy was 28 years passed.

CONCLUSIONS

from this tragedy the world can take the lesson to behave when using nuclear power as the main energy. This requires experts to handle the nuclear plant safely to avoid any accident again.