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Chernobyl Accident

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Audience/Grade: College Freshman - Continuing Education
Discipline(s): Engineering Ethics
History of Science and Technology
Nuclear Engineering
Technology and Society
Learning Resource Type: Reference - Article/Document
Media Type:

 WWW
Author(s): World Nuclear Association
Description: Website hosted by the World Nuclear Association of people and organizations of the global nuclear profession. "The April 1986 disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the Ukraine was the product of a flawed Soviet reactor design coupled with serious mistakes made by the plant operators in the context of a system where training was minimal. It was a direct consequence of Cold War isolation and the resulting lack of any safety culture. * The Chernobyl accident in 1986 was the result of a flawed reactor design that was operated with inadequately trained personnel and without proper regard for safety. * The resulting steam explosion and fire released at least five percent of the radioactive reactor core into the atmosphere and downwind. * 28 people died within four months from radiation or thermal burns, 19 have subsequently died, and there have been around nine deaths from thyroid cancer apparently due to the accident: total 56 fatalities as of 2004. * An authoritative UN report in 2000 concluded that there is no scientific evidence of any significant radiation-related health effects to most people exposed. This was confirmed in a very thorough 2005-06 study."
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Keywords: Chernobyl, nuclear accidents
   
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Related ABET Criteria: Creative Thinking
Use of Resource: Perspective on the Chernobyl accident by members of the nuclear community.
Difficulty: Medium
Interactivity Level: Low

   
Version Info
Publication Date: 2008
Platform/Format: WWW
Cost: Free
Download URL: http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/chernobyl/inf07.htm
Metadata: IEEE LOM Record
Collection: NEEDS NEEDS