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1 Chernobyl Disaster

2 Chernobyl The Chernobyl accident occurred in April, 1986 in the Ukraine There was an explosion and fire in a reactor The only accident of a commercial nuclear power plant There was a flawed design of the reactor

3 Diagram of the Chernobyl reactor – the RBMK-1000
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4 Chernobyl Officially, 30 people died as a result of radiation
High levels of thyroid cancer in children in the years after the disaster Operator error was a contributing factor It was the largest uncontrolled radioactive release into the environment 220,000 people had to be resettled away from the contamination

5 Location of Chernobyl

6 Chernobyl after the accident

7 A deserted pool in Chernobyl after the accident

8 An abandoned amusement park in Chernobyl

9 Chernobyl today

10 Nuclear Power Controversy
Pros: Provides affordable power Processing spent uranium will prevent it from being used for destructive purposes ( 2/13/06) Reduces greenhouse emissions Creates jobs

11 Nuclear Power Controversy
Cons Creates a risk to the environment Any accident can release radiation Difficult and expensive to dispose of nuclear waste Decommissioning nuclear sites is very expensive Uranium can be used to build nuclear bombs ( , March/April 2006)

12 Sources "English Online." Chernobyl. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Mar < "Decommissioning of Chernobyl Units Approaches." Chernobyl. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Mar

13 Sources "Chernobyl & the Nuclear Power Controversy." Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Mar


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