1. What caused the Chernobyl accident? On April 26, 1986, the Number Four RBMK reactor at the nuclear power plant at Chernobyl, Ukraine, went out of control during a test at low-power, leading to …

Jun 13, 2013 · On 26 April 1986, the Number Four reactor at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant in what then was the Soviet Union during improper testing at low-power, resulted in loss of control that led to …

May 20, 2019 · For more than three decades Chernobyl has been a byword for the potential dangers of nuclear power. The world’s worst nuclear accident had a devastating effect on the surrounding area …

Nov 26, 2019 · The April 1986 accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant remains a defining moment in the history of nuclear energy. The lessons of this tragedy are interwoven with a recurrent …

Summary The accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in 1986 was the most severe in the history of the nuclear power industry, causing a huge release of radionuclides over large areas of Belarus, …

IAEA BACKGROUND DOCUMENT ON CHORNOBYL The accident at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), occurred on 26 April 1986. Following the accident, the Agency called for a post-accident …

Apr 25, 2001 · When the news of an accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant came out, it shocked the world. The accident was by far the most devastating in the history of nuclear power and …

Before Chernobyl we had calculated nuclear generating capacity would be some 400 000 megawatts-electric around 1990, by which time some 20% of world elec-tricity generation will be accounted for …

Apr 26, 2016 · The 30th anniversary of the nuclear disaster at Chernobyl is being commemorated in Ukraine. Even now, decades after the meltdown, the impact of the explosion at reactor 4 of the …

Apr 26, 2016 · In the wake of the world’s most serious nuclear accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant 30 years ago, the IAEA played central role in coordinating international response including …