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What are your thoughts on the Chernobyl disaster?

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My thoughts….. First of all, it was a style of reactor that should NEVER have been built the way it was. It COULD have been made much safer. Redesign the core, and add a containment. The operators were operating within the bounds of their procedures thst fateful night. read more

Chernobyl disaster The Chernobyl disaster was an accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant on April 26, 1986 at 01: 23 a.m., consisting of an explosion at the plant and subsequent radioactive contamination of the surrounding geographic area. read more

The day before the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, plant operators were preparing for a one-time shutdown to perform routine maintenance on reactor number 4. In violation of safety regulations, operators disabled plant equipment including the automatic shutdown mechanisms, according to the U.N. Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR). read more