"Chernobyl Disaster" 30 Years After
TECHNOLOGY & SUSTAINABILITY
30 Years After
By Elisabeth Cardis via OpenDemocracy.com
The Chernobyl disaster of April, 26, 1986, in Ukraine, is considered the worst nuclear accident in history together with the one in Fukushima, Japan, in 2011.
April,
26, 2016 marks the 30th anniversary of the accident in Unit 4 of the
Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine, which resulted in a very large
release of radionuclides which were deposited over a very wide area in
the Northern Hemisphere, particularly in Europe and, most particularly,
in Belarus, Northern Ukraine and part of Western Russia.
The Chernobyl disaster was the worst nuclear power plant accident in history in terms of cost and casualties. It is one of only two classified as a level 7 event (the maximum classification) on the International Nuclear Event Scale, the other being the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in Japan in 2011. The battle to contain the contamination and avert a greater catastrophe ultimately involved over 500,000 workers and cost an estimated 18 billion rubles. During the accident itself, 31 people died, and long-term effects such as cancers are still being investigated.
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