Current day Ukraine. But in 1986 when it happened it was considered the Soviet Union
1986
The Chernobyl disaster was not caused by an explosion in the traditional sense but rather a catastrophic nuclear accident that occurred on April 26, 1986, at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the Soviet Union. The incident resulted from a combination of reactor design flaws and serious mistakes made by the plant operators during a safety test. This led to a massive release of radioactive materials into the environment, which had devastating effects on public health and the environment. The explosion was a result of a steam buildup and a subsequent power surge, not an intentional act.
The explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant was caused by a combination of flawed reactor design, operator error during a safety test, and a lack of safety culture. The reactor's power surged uncontrollably, leading to a steam explosion and subsequent fire that released a large amount of radioactive material into the environment.
Mostly power because if you did not do what a country who possesed a atomic they threatened to blow you up
The Chernobyl Disaster happened on April 26, 1986 at 1:24 AM.
No, power plants do not blow up after 50 years.
The reason Chernobyl failed is because the plans used to design the plant were old and out of date. The technology was years behind. Where as Three Mile Island has multiple fail safes. All nuclear reactors have these. If something fails they have a fail safe to stop it, and if that fails there is another; and so on and so on. Three Mile has 4 fail safes, two of which failed and the third caught it preventing disaster.
Japan (Fukashima Plant I). Four Reactors blow and melt down. Radiation spread throughout all of Japan.
No.. Entirely impossible. There've been a couple meltdowns such as Chernobyl and Three Mile Island, A few scattered partial meltdowns, and a bunch of Russian Submarines. But the reactor is in no way designed to explode. They have to MAKE it explode for atomic bombs. You can't just pick up some uranium and set it on fire and hope it blows up. Explosions can happen and kick radioactive material around, but there won't be some huge mushroom cloud a mile wide. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_meltdown for more information.
no
Massive retaliation. The policy was called MAD- Mutual Assured Destruction. If you blow up my country, I will blow up your country.
The power plant produces one megawatt of electricity.