On April 26, 1986, in Ukraine (former soviet union), Chernobyl was undergoing a reactor test. This test was long, around 10 hours to be exact. The power dropped to nearly zero, but since the staff was horribly undertrained they continued to test. This led to a sort of shutting down in reactor 4, which soon led to the explosion of reactor four. Around 49,000 were originally evacuated, but then they realized the radiation was too intense causing them to move around 68,000 people further. Radiation effects can go as far as thyroid cancer, to even any mutation in animals. There were around 4,000 total fatalities, though there really is no actual number. It's actually suggested that Valery legasov killed himself because of the emotional toll the Chernobyl disaster had on him psychologically. something called "Cherenkov Radiation" allows the reactors to emit a weird blue glow into the air after an explosion, which you can see in many movies about anything nuclear, so they were not far off.
In an attempt to conceal the most radioactive effects they built a massive dome-like structure over reactor four out of concrete, though it was not strong and collapsed in 2013. They rebuilt it and made better precautions using steel and concrete. One of the most bizarre things is it is still burning due to the wildfires around it from the hot, dry, and windy weather around it. The fires are to this day, the worst fires recorded in the area. Another crazy idea is that reactor fours area won't be safe for another 20,000 years, radiation and many other health risks are the main causes for that.
Do you agree the staff should have been better trained?
Would you live near Chernobyl?
sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster#No._4_reactor_confinement
https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/fact-sheets/chernobyl-bg.html
https://medium.com/illumination/is-chernobyl-still-burning-283a9e49d05e
https://www.thoughtco.com/corium-radioactive-waste-4046372
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valery_Legasov
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I believe the staff at Chernobyl should be better trained for their job because unproperly trained workers could be harmed which often leads to death. I would never live anywhere near Chernobyl, no matter how safe they say it is. I would not like to end up getting radiation sickness which then could possibly lead to cancer.
I think the staff should be better trained when it comes to nuclear energy, It can be very dangerous and can even lead to death. I think it is really is sad and I don't know why they would keep testing when they probably knew it could have a very bad outcome.
I agree that the staff should have been better trained because if something was wrong they could have turned it off and would have been fine, but they did not know because of they uninteligence. I would not live near Chernobyl in my life because it sounds terrible and I would not like people puting out radiation so I would have to move out of my house.
I agree that the staff should of been better trained so they would know what to do if indications of something bad happening was happening. They should of just had better safety and plans if this were to happen. I would not live anywhere near Chernobyl because of the state it is in because of the radiation which is super harmful.
The staff definitely should have been better trained to know when the right time would be to stop the testing. From pictures, Chernobyl actually looks like it would be a great place to live. Nuclear radiation may be a problem with living near there though.
I would try to stay as far away from Chernobyl as possible. It is a cool story but I see no need to risk my health in order to live near it. Obviously, the t=staff should've been better trained. A lot fo people died because of these guys. Now I don't necessarily think they meant to or they should be charged with anything but next time they should bring in somebody with better training.
The staff undoubtedly should've been better been better trained. Maybe something like this couldn't of been avoided, but it could've at least been handled better or had a warning. I would not live near Chernobyl. Before the explosion I'm sure it was not even something people thought about, but afterwards I can't see why anyone would want to live nearby.
The Chernobyl disaster was horrific, and I think everyone hopes to god it never happens again. With that being said, the Chernobyl accident could have so easily been avoided if people were just trained correctly, or maybe if we don't play around with things we do not yet understand.
Personally I would not choose to live near Chernobyl. Although it would be cool to live close to a historical landmark, I do not think it would be fun. Considering its history, I also do not think it would be safe to live near Chernobyl.
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