What nuclear reactor did the world's worst nuclear disaster take place at in Ukraine in 1986?

Answer 1

people got involved..

it sucks, but yeah, blame the humans.

this is why nuclear is not everywhere, because there are people everywhere to screw it up

to tell you what happened with Chernobyl, first you have to understand how a nuclear reactor works.

in a nutshell, you have a fissionable material, it is condensed, and condensed until it produces heat on its own. these heat rods are kept in sheaths like a sword, and they keep the material cool.. there are many rods, and the more rods in the pool brought out, the higher the temperature of the water in the pool. it makes steam, and the steam spins a turbine to make electricity, and the power goes to your home.

Chernobyl happened because they were testing how to make more energy. see, they probably had a similar problem there, that they have here. People want power for their cell phones, and ipods, but they dont want to produce it, they dont like coal, they dont like nuclear. The people wouldnt allow another reactor to be built, so they were testing how the reactor would respond with more rods out of the sheathes than what was considered safe operation. (we have 50 rods, why do we only use 10 at a time? sort of thing)

so they had the normal 10 rods extended out into the pool to heat the water, then they told the computer to bring a couple more out, and a couple more, and they were really impressed, they were boiling twice the water in half the time, it was an exponential increase with just a few more rods, not double.

but what happened is that they didnt understand that the rods can heat up themselves, because they are so dense, but they can also heat the other rods, and they did. the rods got so hot they warped, then when they tried to put them back into the sheathes, they couldnt, and the reactor got so hot they couldnt put water into it fast enough to keep it cool, and it blew.

Chernobyl is still poisoned today. when the 20 or so rods out of the 50 blew, it didnt use all the material and detonate like an atomic weapon, but it detonated some, but blew the rest around, like a dirty bomb. the radiation is nearly gone, but all the plants an animals an people are dead/dying/toxic due to exposure.

nuclear is a wonderful source of energy, this is why the navy has reactors in nearly all the aircraft carriers, there are safeguards in place, and people are not allowed to mess with it. on land, its a different story, and its all about the money money money, and safeguards are put by the wayside. if they can produce double the power using a fraction more rods, they will. and this is how greed destroyed a beautiful town and lives, and the complete nuclear industry

Answer 2

A nuclear reactor at Chernobyl suffered a major failure resulting in an explosion and the release of radioactive emissions into the atmosphere.

Ukraine was a constituent republic of the USSR at that time.
The power station is called Chernobyl, you will find many references in Wikipedia

Answer 3

A nuclear one. The disaster at Chernobyl is considered to be the worst nuclear disaster in history. One of the nuclear reactors at the plant had a meltdown, and spewed toxic, radioactive fallout all over Chernobyl and the surrounding areas.

Practically half of Russia and Europe were affected. It is estimated that over half a million people were critically, permanently injured by the radiation. See the Related Link below for the Wikipedia entry.

Answer 4

The Chernobyl disaster was the catastrophic nuclear accident that occurred on 26 April 1986 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine.

Answer 5

The plant was called Chernobyl, the nearest large town was Prinkyat (may have spelling wrong)

Answer 6

Thousands of people died years later due to continued exposure to radiation.

Answer 7

The Chernobyl nuclear power plant.

Answer 8

a nuclear reactor explosion