The Chernobyl accident

Time and place: April 26, 1986, the nuclear power plant near the town Pripyat.

Story: The explosion of the fourth power unit of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant cause the deaths of several dozen people right after, thousands of deaths as a consequence of radiation in the coming years and the complete evacuation of two towns - Pripyat and Chernobyl.

Consequences: The revision of safety at nuclear power plants, doubts about the safety of nuclear energy, thousands deaths from radiation sickness and loss of territories around Chernobyl for hundreds of years.

Causes of the accident:

1. Mistakes in the planning (technology have been designed only for military purposes).
2. Haste and negligence in the construction (Soviet Union five-year plan).
3. The probability of the reactor's explosion was estimated as a million to one so there was almost no fuse (there was no sarcophagus).

Interesting facts:

1. The elimination of accident and evacuation were very slow. The first two days. they thought it was just a fire and it could quickly resolved.
2. It was a blast, not the fire. It was closer to the explosion of the atomic bomb in technical terms.
3. The explosion killed 2 people right there, 28 in the first days from exposure and hundreds of thousands in the coming years from radiation sickness.
4. Regular army which eliminated the accident was poorly versed in the device and the dangers of nuclear reactors.
5. The forest around Chernobyl has become a fiery red color.
6. About 270 thousand people were evacuated.
7. Chernobyl NPP currently continues working. People still live near these towns. There can be no consequences to live for some time if you take precautions. People work without overalls at the plant.
8. There are no mutants in Chernobyl. This is just a myth.
9. There are official trips in Chernobyl.