PPT-Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Accident

April 1986 httpspublicintelligencenetwpcontentuploads201103chernobyljpg By the time the Soviet Union fell apart in 1991 they had 17 nuclear power plants with more being built These plants provided 127 of all the electricity used in the Soviet Union . April 26, 1986. What happened? . Timeline of the disaster. ..\. What . Happened at Chernobyl.doc. “. Compare this scenario to a game tug of war. You are pulling as hard as you possibly can but going nowhere. Then suddenly the other team lets go and you are sent flying out of control.”. Meltdowns at Chernobyl, Three Mile Island, and Fukushima . Rise of the Nuclear Power Industry. An outcome of the research done in the Manhattan Project to create the atomic bomb. After WWII, research strictly controlled by government. Power Plant Explosion. Analysis of Long Term Effects on Land Use Patterns. Introduction. April of 1986 a nuclear accident damaged a reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in . Ukraine.. released substantial . By: Aiden Cook, Kaitlyn Hemauer,. Abbey Loar, and . Elizabeth Rogers. How Does It Work?-Abbey. Nuclear Power Plants and fossil fuels are almost the same.. To keep the water under pressure you use a Pressurized Water Reactor. . Nuclear power plant. 2. NUCLEAR FUEL. Nuclear . fuel is any material that can be consumed to derive nuclear energy. The most common type of nuclear fuel is fissile elements that can be made to undergo nuclear fission chain reactions in a nuclear reactor . Acid Rain in Germany. Air Pollution in the United Kingdom. Nuclear Disaster in Chernobyl, Ukraine. Nuclear Disaster. Where?. Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station, Ukraine. Causes?. Nuclear Power is very complicated, and extreme caution is needed in order to safely produce power or nuclear fuel. . 2. What . was the Promise of Nuclear Power. ?. Economic . Cost. Power too cheap to meter. Nuclear fusion – cheap power and no waste. Environmental costs of alternatives. Coal – dirty and dangerous to mine. in . an industry. Safety . in . an industry. Safety is very important . for a . nuclear plant or any other industry such as . oil & gas, chemi. cals, etc. .. We have glasses, . helmets, . boots, . Resources. This lecture will help you understand:. Reasons for seeking alternative fuels. Contributions to world energy by alternative fuels. Nuclear energy . The social debate over nuclear power. Bioenergy. About Nuclear Energy. Nuclear Energy is energy produced by the splitting of an atom in order to get the atom to release energy. This process is also known as nuclear fission. . Pros of Nuclear Energy Use. The Chernobyl Disaster By: M. Mikschl P. J örg S. Demirev T. Fink T. Vassileva The Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster Saturday, 26 April 1986: The accident at reactor 4 occurred during an experiment to test a potential safety emergency core cooling feature. Thinking of . Instrumentation . Survivability. Under Severe Accident. NPIC. Content. Background. 1. Instrumentation survivability under . Severe Accident. 2. 3. Q. ualification procedure based on Severe Accident. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant. What happened?. Source: . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster. The . nuclear power plant in Chernobyl had . the biggest . disaster in the history of nuclear power on April 26, 1986.. There .