The Chernobyl nuclear accident.
Japan (Fukashima Plant I). Four Reactors blow and melt down. Radiation spread throughout all of Japan.
Chernobyl, Russia on April 26th, 1986. A nuclear power plant exploded and the nuclear radiation spread all across Russia and many parts of Europe. There were 31 recorded deaths that were directly related to the accident and an estimated 30,000-60,000 cancer related deaths linked to it over the years.
The word "nuke" can mean a nuclear power plant or a nuclear weapon.As of January 2013, there are 437 nuclear power plants in operation in the world.Because countries with nuclear weapons are secretive about how many they have, the exact number of nuclear weapons is not known. The Federation of American Scientists estimates there are more than 17,000 nuclear warheads in the world as of 2012.
There are 31 countries that have nuclear power. There are 15 countries that plan to have it in the not too distant future. See the Related Link below for more information.
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the reactor accident at the chernobyl nuclear power plant.
Chernobyl is famous for the worst nuclear power plant accident in history.
The 1986 accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine is the only accident in the history of commercial nuclear power to cause fatalities from radiation. It was the product of a severely flawed Soviet-era reactor design and human error.
Three Mile Island, Pa, 1979
Nuclear power accidents are a disaster. The 1986 nuclear accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine was a catastrophic accident.
There are many ways a nuclear accident may occur, however most nuclear power plant accident occur due to problem in an reactor.
Fukushima Daiichi, on March 11, 2011.
Radioactive waste, nuclear accident, public disapproval's
The Chernobyl power plant nuclear disaster was one of the worst disasters in history. Thirty-one people were killed in the explosion in 1986 in the Ukraine.
The Chernobyl Power Complex refers to the nuclear power plant that used to be in Chernobyl, Ukraine. It operated with four nuclear reactors to supply power to the region.
Japan (Fukashima Plant I). Four Reactors blow and melt down. Radiation spread throughout all of Japan.
The worst nuclear accident occurred on 26 April 1986 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the Ukraine (under the management of authorities in Moscow).