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The Chernobyl Accident
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“No center of population on the earth’s surface is secure from surprise destruction in a single attack. There is no defense in science against the weapon which can destroy civilization.” (Gale 210) The Chernobyl disaster on April 26, 1986 is described as one of the most frightening environmental ....
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....9) Only one turbine was needed to take in the decreased amount of steam, so no. 2 was turned off. Power was then reduced to 30 percent. Leonid Toptonov, a young, inexperienced and tired operator allowed the level of reactivity to fall dangerously low. As he attempted to correct this, the power in the reactor rose dramatically and uncontrollably. Instead of keeping power at 30 percent, he forgot to reset a controller, which caused the power to plummet to 1 percent. Now water was filling the co.... |
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