Chernobyl. How the largest nuclear disaster in human history happened. The city of Chernobyl is located in the north of Ukraine 16km from the Belarus border and 110km from Kyiv. 30 years ago it was the Soviet Union. The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant named after Lenin was among the largest ones in the USSR, its designed capacity was 6,000 megawatt. … and two steam turbines. … and the explosion happened. Chernobyl. What did truly happen there? According to the Soviet investigation, the main reason was the error of the personnel. Chernobyl. According to the conclusions of the committees the years that followed afterwards - imperfect design of the reactor. Chernobyl. … try out a new mode. … and two steam turbines. During the trial tests, the power of the reactor had dropped. A full shut-down threatened to undermine the trial, therefore, it was decided to again increase its power. The explosion happened. [THE REST GOES VERY MUFFLED, BUT LET ME TRY MY BEST:] which demolished and ejected the nuclear fuel. two thermal explosions happened which thereby destroyed the power unit #4. Right after the disaster … 31 people died. 115,000 were evacuated from the thirty-kilometers zone. Over 500,000 partook in elimination of the accident’s consequences
