www.Primo.com: Remembering Chernobyl.

"The Chernobyl disaster", the Chernobyl nuclear reactor accident, or simply "Chernobyl", is the worst nuclear reactor accident in history. On April 26, 1986 at 1:23:40 am (UTC + 3), reactor number four at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant located in the Soviet Union in the near Pripyat in Ukraine exploded. As a result, large amounts of radioactive particles dispersed into the atmosphere in the entire area of the western Soviet Union and Europe. Nuclear disaster is considered the worst nuclear accident in history, and is one of two accidents were classified in level 7 on the International Nuclear Events Scale (the other is the accident of Fukushima Daiichi disaster). The number of workers involved to cope with this disaster around 500,000 people, and will spend 18 billion rubles and economic influence of the Soviet Union. Thousands of people had to be evacuated from the city.

Surprising Facts About 'CITY OF DEAD' Chernobyl.

1. The largest man-made disasters of all time.

Everyone would know that the Chernobyl disaster is terrifying, but you may not know that the Chernobyl incident, including the largest man-made disasters of all time according to the International Nuclear Event Scale (INES). Unsparing, INES puts extraordinary event is at level 7, which means this is a great event that have broad impact on health and the environment.

2. Belarus received 70% of the contamination of Chernobyl nuclear explosion.

Neighboring areas have always been affected nuclear explosion, especially Belarus. Located only 10 miles away from Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, the scientists estimate that the country's beleaguered land has received 70% of the contamination of Chernobyl nuclear explosion. As a result, one-fifth of agricultural land in Belarus is contaminated and hundreds of thousands of people were forced to leave their homes and move.

Thousands of people also infected by deadly diseases, ranging from leukemia, thyroid cancer, to cardiovascular disease. Until recently, Belarus has lost more than $ 235 billion (or approximately USD 2,291 T) earnings per year as a direct result of the Chernobyl disaster.

3. The rain from the Chernobyl nuclear to Ireland.

Explosion of Reactor No. 4 has created an enormous radioactive cloud was detected in all of Europe and even to Ireland in the form of light. Although these events have occurred more than two decades ago, the impact of the Chernobyl disaster are still felt in the British Isles until now.

According to a new study conducted by the UK Department of Health, 369 farms and 190,000 sheep in the UK still contain faint traces of radioactivity from the Chernobyl disaster. Fortunately, the number of sheep affected by contamination down nearly 95% from 1986.

4. The government is still paying alimony to 7 million people affected by the Chernobyl disaster.

This certainly shows that the Chernobyl disaster still has broad implications for the environment and human civilization living nearby. According to studies conducted by the United Nations Forum on Chernobyl, Belarus, Ukraine and the Russian Federation still pay benefits to about 7 million people affected by the disaster.

The study also claims that 5% to 7% of the Ukrainian government's annual expenditure is budgeted for the victims of Chernobyl. Although the payments were slightly reduced in recent years, benefits that can not be written off in full in the near future.

5. Approximately 97% of radioactive materials from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant is still buried.

Emergency crews to react quickly when an explosion Reactor No. 4, responded by burying the Chernobyl nuclear power plant complex with a large concrete known as the Sarcophagus. Business plan will replace the Chernobyl nuclear power plant such structures after 20 years of the occurrence of such events. But until now, the structure is still being used.

According to local newspapers Poland, Zycie Warszawy, the surface of the concrete structure has been filled with cracks and gaps large enough to allow the rat to pass through. Meanwhile, an independent engineering report also estimates that the whole building would collapse if an earthquake measuring six or more on the Richter scale. It is not impossible, events radioactive cloud that was once the case will return to spread throughout Europe.

Lower the impact of Chernobyl radiation Insect Populations.
Two decades pascaledakan reactor of the Chernobyl nuclear plant, radiation is still an impact, which causes a decrease in the population of insects and spiders. Bumblebees, butterflies, grasshoppers, dragonflies and spiders are now suffering from its effects.

Researchers working in the zone around Chernobyl mentioned, there are "strong signal with regard to population decline contamination". The research report was written in the journal Biology Letters.

Professor of the University of South Carolina, USA, Timothy Mousseau, and Anders Moller from the University of Paris-Sud worked together on the project. Both never publish low-level radiation have a negative impact on bird populations. "We want to expand the scope of research on insects, mammals and plants," said Mousseau. It has been ten years researching the effects of radiation around Chernobyl are far from residential areas.

For the study, Mousseau use the way that he called "standard ecological techniques". He made the "lane line" pass through a certain area and then count the number of insects and spider webs along these lines.

The path passes through the contaminated area of Chernobyl, Belarus, and some areas are free of contamination. At the same time, other researchers carrying GPS equipment and dosimeters to measure the levels (level) radiation. As a result, the rate of population decline in line with the levels of contamination.

Opinions differ.

Some researchers disagree. The absence of a resident in an abandoned location should be beneficial to the citizens of the wild life.

"The wild life continues to increase in the Chernobyl region in line with the low human activity there," said researchers at the Center for Chernobyl in Ukraine, Sergii Gashchak, as quoted by the BBC. "All life evolved under the influence of radiation. So there are certain mechanisms that make it survive in these conditions."

Five World's Worst Nuclear Disaster.

Japan increases the danger status of the Fukushima nuclear plant from level 4 to level 5, based on an international scale of nuclear danger. This status is the same as the nuclear crisis that hit the Three Mile Island, USA, in 1979 ago. But still below the level of the Chernobyl nuclear accident, Ukraine, 1986. Following the worst nuclear disaster of all time:

1. Chernobyl, Ukraine, in 1986.

Plant after the explosion of four trials, which caused a fire during the 9-day and fired at least 100 times higher than the radiation as Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs. Five people were killed instantly, but according to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) accident that killed about 4000 people.

2. Kyshtym, Russia, 1957.

Fault in the cooling system at Mayak plant causing non-nuclear explosion that resulted in the release of 80 tons of radioactive material. About 10,000 people were evacuated after reports of skin melted people. At least 200 people were killed

3. Three Mile Island, USA, 1979.

Cooling in Pennsylvania plant is not functioning, causing most of the plants destroyed and the resulting release of radioactivity in small quantities. Around 140,000 people were evacuated, but no reports were killed or injured

4. Windscale, UK, 1957.

Britain's first nuclear power plant core to burn off the radioactive material. These events led to 240 cases of cancer

5. Tokaimura, Japan, 1999.

A number of high-level enriched uranium were prepared by workers who do not qualify triggering nuclear reactions. Two workers were killed, 100 workers and the local population threatened exposure to radioactive.
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