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56 employee's and residents died as a result to direct exposure with the radioactive materials, and some died from being hit with debris and fire. Around 600,000 people were in contact with radioactive material; 4000 of them died from radiacvtive-related cancer.
•Approximately 1000 on-site reactor staff and emergency workers were heavily exposed to high-level radiation on the first day of the accident; among the more than 200 000 emergency and recovery operation workers exposed during the period from 1986-1987, an estimated 2200 radiation-caused deaths can be expected during their lifetime.
•An estimated five million people currently live in areas of Belarus, Russia and Ukraine that are contaminated with radionuclides due to the accident; about 100 000 of them live in areas classified in the past by government authorities as areas of “strict control”. The existing “zoning” definitions need to be revisited and relaxed in light of the new findings.
•About 4000 cases of thyroid cancer, mainly in children and adolescents at the time of the accident, have resulted from the accident’s contamination and at least nine children died of thyroid cancer; however the survival rate among such cancer victims, judging from experience in Belarus, has been almost 99%.
•Most emergency workers and people living in contaminated areas received relatively low whole body radiation doses, comparable to natural background levels. As a consequence, no evidence or likelihood of decreased fertility among the affected population has been found, nor has there been any evidence of increases in congenital malformations that can be attributed to radiation exposure.
•Poverty, “lifestyle” diseases now rampant in the former Soviet Union and mental health problems pose a far greater threat to local communities than does radiation exposure.
•Relocation proved a “deeply traumatic experience” for some 350,000 people moved out of the affected areas. Although 116 000 were moved from the most heavily impacted area immediately after the accident, later relocations did little to reduce radiation exposure.
•Persistent myths and misperceptions about the threat of radiation have resulted in “paralyzing fatalism” among residents of affected areas.
•Ambitious rehabilitation and social benefit programs started by the former Soviet Union, and continued by Belarus, Russia and Ukraine, need reformulation due to changes in radiation conditions, poor targeting and funding shortages.
•Structural elements of the sarcophagus built to contain the damaged reactor have degraded, posing a risk of collapse and the release of radioactive dust;
•A comprehensive plan to dispose of tons of high-level radioactive waste at and around the Chernobyl NPP site, in accordance with current safety standards, has yet to be defined.
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What was the difference about chernobyl and the integral fast reactor when they both lost coolant?
At Chernobyl there was a steam explosion which blew off the top of the reactor followed by a fire due to the graphite moderator burning in air, and a huge amount of radioactive material was discharged, including fission products from the fuel. I'm not sure which fast reactor you are referring to, but certainly the incident did not involve massive catastrophic failure of the reactor vessel, or it would have become a world incident as Chernobyl did.
Do people live in the city of chernobyl?
No, Chernobyl is abandoned
Is there mutants in chernobyl?
It has been noted by some observers of the zone that animals and foliage have passed on some traits of genetic mutation caused by the incident, including but not limited to the loss of color pigment in some of the wildlife and plants.
Where does the name Chernobyl come from?
"Chernobyl" is the Ukrainian word for a species of wormwood. Although Chernobyl is now known for the nuclear disaster which occurred there in 1986, the city was built and named back in the Middle Ages.
Are nuclear power plants dangerous to operate and what statistics prove that this is not really true?
They are potentially dangerous, but statistics show that with over 500 operating reactors in the world, the number of serious releases of radioactivity amount to only one, to my knowledge, that is the Chernobyl incident in 1986.
What towns were mos affected in the chernobyl disaster?
The most affected towns were Chernobyl and Prypiat.
What year was first Chernobyl incident?
1986.
When did the chernobyl reactor incident happen?
1986
What is an example of how local environmental disasters can have a global impact?
The incident at a nuclear power plant in Chernobyl, Russia.
Where abouts did Chernobyl Nuclear occur?
The incident occurred near Chernobyl in the Ukraine At that time the Ukraine was part of the Soviet Union.
How many were affected from the disaster at Chernobyl?
336,000 people
In what ways did the incident at Three Mile Island differ from that at Chernobyl?
In the case of Chernobyl the reactor core exploded, and at Three Mile Island it partially melted.
Was Siberia affected by the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident?
No, Chernobyl is in the Ukraine, which is over 1,000 miles from the nearest part of Siberia.
How much land was affected by chernobyl?
Over 63000 square miles
How was the daily life of the people affected after Chernobyl disaster?
try to think on your own !!! Jon w!!!!!!!
Why are Russian people raidoactive?
Perhaps the Chernobyl incident in the Ukraine caused Ukrainians to move to Russia therefore contaminating Russians
Where was chernobyl?
Chernobyl started from an inherently unstable design, it's considered a breeder reactor, really good at making weapons grade plutonium but functionally unstable. The actual incident occurred during testing of the reactor to see how far it could be pushed.
