April 26, 1986 Kiosk by: Kevin

What was Chernobyl?  A nuclear power plant in Ukraine.  April 26, 1986, It set fire.  Radiation was in air.  Worst nuclear disaster.

How did it happen?  Running tests  Unexpected power surge  Explosions set fire to plant

Causes  Inexperienced workers  Faulty Soviet reactor design  All safety was ignored

Effects  Radiation rised about 1 km.  Radiation carried by wind.  Evacuation of over 200,000 people.

Aftermath  High death rate for clean up workers  Thyroid cancer  Infected topsoil, groundwater, and surface water

Casualties  Not completely sure.  Some say 4,000  Some say up to 500,000 are linked to Chernobyl.

Radiation levels in 1996 Chernobyl plant

Faulty RMBK reactor

Chernobyl Today  Reactor 4 enclosed in concrete sarcophagus.  Nearby cities abandoned.  Everything still infected.  People still working in reactor 3.