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Chernobyl
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The nuclear power plant accident on April 26, 1986 in the former Soviet Union demonstrated for the first time that the effects of any nuclear accident are not localized, but rather spill over into neighboring countries and have global consequences. The accident harmed a lot of people in many ways ....
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....perators reduced the flow of feedwater to maintain the steam pressure. Also, pumps that were powered by the slowing turbine provided less and less cooling to the reactor. This created additional steam in the cooling channels and the operators could not control a power surge estimated to 100 times the normal power. The sudden increase in temperature caused part of the fuel to rupture; fuel particles then reacted with the water creating a steam explosion, which destroyed the reactor core. A s.... |
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