1011+Chernobyl+Disaster

=Chernobyl Disaster= The Chernobyl accident in 1986 was the result of a mistaken reactor design that was operated with improperly trained personnel. Chernobyl nuclear power plant was located in Ukraine.The Chernobyl nuclear accident occurred on Saturday, April 26, 1986, at 1:23 a.m. The accident destroyed the Chernobyl 4 reactor. Large amounts of radiation were released into the air. This resulted as a radioactive cloud that spread over a large amount of Europe.[1]

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Chernobyl Nuclear Plant
There were 4 parts to Chernobyl's nuclear power plant. Construction on the power plant began in the 1970s. Reactor 4 started working 1983, while 2 other reactors were being built.[2] Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl nuclear plant was destroyed in 1986 the day of the nuclear accident. Reactor 3 was closed December 15, 1999. Reactor 2 was shut down 5 years after the Chernobyl accident happened. Reactor 1 was decommissioned 1996.[3] The reason the Chernobyl accient happened was because the cooling system shut down during a power plant test.[4] This accident was simular to 3 Mile Island's accident. In 3 Mile Island the cooling system also broke down. Just to get the Chernobyl nuclear plant under control it took 500,000 workers.[4]

Areas Contaminated
Most of Europe was contaminated with radiation. Russia. Ukraine, Sweden, Greece, Italy Norway, and Switzerland are just a few of the places contaminated with radiation. over 1 million people might have been affected from the radiation. In some areas today people might be able to move back into those certain areas. The town of Pripyat was evacuated due to radiation overload. Finland was also effected by the diaster in Chernobyl. Levels of radiation rose in Finland.[4]

People and Animal Health Affects
Chernobyl had many health affects for people and animals. Livestock had to moved away or taken away. People in Finland couldn't sell or eat the fish from the waters around them. Animal reproduction was slow because of the radiation.237 people had became sick with radiation sickness, 31 people died. Most of the 31 people that died were rescue workers or firemen.Some children were born with health effects.[4] An addition of 9,000 people had died from cancer. Cancers were thyroid and leukemia.[5]

Chernobyl Today [[image:Pripyat.jpg width="480" height="317" align="right" caption=" Retrieved from fotopedia.com"]]
Today in Chernobyl there are no people just animals. Pripyat used to be happy that they were home to the Chernobyl nuclear plant workers, until the accident happened. Pripyat was evacuated and there are still no people there today.[6] People can't live in Pripyat you can live in Chernobyl. People of Pripyat will not be able to resettle for a thousand years. 500 people live in Chernobyl today. Most of the 500 people are workers working on the power plant's decommission. Even trees started to look a little deformed. Some trees are even dead from the high amounts of radiation.[7]

Resources

 * 1) //Chernobyl Accident// . World Nuclear Association, Web. 25 Mar. 2011. []
 * 2) West, Larry. "Chernobyl Accident." Web. 28 Mar. 2011. []
 * 3) "Discussion."United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Web. 30 Mar. 2011. []
 * 4) "Chernobyl Disaster."9 Apr. 2011. Web. 9 Apr. 2011. [].
 * 5) "The Chernobyl Accident." Web. 14 Apr. 2011. []
 * 6) Mayor, Village. "Chernobyl Today: A Creepy Story told in Pictures."27 Mar. 2009. Web. 15 Apr. 2011. [].
 * 7) Preuss, Simone . "Chernobyl 1984-2009: Then and Now." Web. 18 Apr. 2011. [].