Chernobyl, a disaster that changed a generation.

1. CHERNOBYL
NUCLEAR DISASTER
By Preeti Rana

2. NARRATIVES
Crisis
• In 1970, Chernobyl nuclear
power plant, located near the
city of Chernobyl Pripyat in the
northern Ukraine
• Act of Heroism
• Fisher’s Probability and
Fidelity
Video by Top5s

3. 26, April 1986, Nuclear test
on reactor no.4
First picture of the reactor after
explosion by Igor Kostin
(Novosti Agency)

4. Denial Stage
Mikhail Gorbachev
(former Soviet Statesman)
Mortification
The level of radiation was
15,000 times higher than the
usual level

5. Reality
■ People were completely oblivious of
the invisible lethal radiation that they
are being exposed to.
■ 30 hours later 43,000 people were
evacuated.
■ Transparency: There were no official
reports outside soviet unions. It took
three days for the world to know. By
now the whole of Europe was at risk
of contamination as the plant was still
burning.
■ To protect the fire and seal reactor
no.4 to prevent any more radiation
spilling out

6. Acts of Heroism
Valeri Bezpalov and AlexieAnanenko

7. Claims
■ Reports claiming several inaccuracies and
thoughts over violation of safety regulations along
with the flawed design of the reactors used at
Chernobyl.
■ After the explosion the authorities were slow to
react and acknowledge the dangers posed by this
accident.
■ Post- Crisis : New safety Rules rules in nuclear
energy.
■ It was the biggest nuclear disaster in history and
we can only hope that we can say that forever.