Chernobyl+Accident

**Brittany watts**
=//Chernobyl Accident 1986//= = = =//The Chernobyl incident happened in 1986 in Ukraine near the borders of Russia and Belarus.//=

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= = = =//The explosion occurred because of inadequately trained personal resulting in a steam and fire explosion which released 5% of the radioactive reactor core.// //It was a direct consequence of cold war isolation resulting in any lack of safety culture the accident destroyed the fourth reactor killing thirty operators within three months including several more deaths later on.//= = //Acute radiation syndrome also known as (ARS) was diagnosed in 237 people on site was confirmed in 137 cases the Chernobyl incident was a unique event it was the only accident in history of commercial nuclear power where radiation fatalities occurred. On April 25th before a routine shutdown the reactor crew at Chernobyl 4 was getting prepared for a test to determine how long the turbines would spin and supply to the circulating pumps following a loss of a main electrical power supply. The test was preformed the previous year but the power ran down to quickly so they tried a new voltage regulator design by the time the operator moved to shut down the reactor it was in a very unstable condition.// =