2. CHERNOBYL
PLANT HISTORY
NUCLEAR accident that
occurred on Saturday 26
April 1986, at the No. 4
nuclear reactor in the
Chernobyl power Plant,
near the city of Pripyat in
the north of the Ukrainian,
USSR
3. SELECTION
The plant is started due to the
cold war between the USSR
and US.
THE USSR selected Ukrainian
To build a city in order
to show its greatness.
Pripyat selected to start
power plant in Chernobyl.
They started the plant with
out completing the safety
tests.
6. It occurred during the
safety test which is
held to know the
ability of the plant at
the time of power
shortage
The test is done by the
another shift who as
no idea about the test
and reactor
7. Causes
Design errors
Faults of
management and
errors committed
by the operating
staff,
Political Pressure
Inexperienced staff
in night shift
Lack of right leader
8. EFFECTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT AROUND
THE CHERNOBYL EXPLOSION:
Fallout levels were very high right around explosion and affected
all wildlife.
Red Forest- was a forest right by the plant was named this because
plants had a red hue after the explosion. These trees also died from
the amount of radiation they received
9. 5.5 million people still live in
contaminated areas.
31 people died in 3 months of
radiation poisoning.
134 emergency workers
suffered from acute radiation
sickness.
25,000 rescue workers died
since then of diseases caused
by radiation.
Increased birth defects,
miscarriages, and still
births.
10. EFFECT ECONOMY IN CHERNOBYL
Between 300,000 and 600,000 people were brought in to clean up.
Crops were destroyed, livestock was killed, everywhere there
was radiation.
Over 235 billion dollars has been spent to clean up the disaster.
Belarus lost 1/5 of its farming lands(700 million dollars a year
loss.)350 industries were lost due to the disaster.
