This event was one of the worst accidents in the history of nuclear power it was rated at level 7 the most severe level on the international nuclear event scale the only other accident with a level 7. The chernobyl disaster was a nuclear disaster which occurred on april 26 1986 at the chernobyl nuclear power plant in pripyat ukraine at that time ukraine was part of the soviet union. During a late night safety test which simulated power failure and.
The chernobyl disaster also referred to as the chernobyl accident was a catastrophic nuclear accident it occurred on 26 april 1986 in the no 4 light water graphite moderated reactor at the chernobyl nuclear power plant near pripyat in what was then part of the ukrainian soviet socialist republic of the soviet union ussr. The resulting steam explosion and fires released at least 5 of the radioactive reactor core into the environment with the deposition of radioactive materials in many parts of europe. The chernobyl accident in 1986 was the result of a flawed reactor design that was operated with inadequately trained personnel.
The radioactive lava that formed was named corium. In april 1986 reactor 4 of the wladimir iljitsch lenin atomic power station near the city of chernobyl experiences a catastrophic core meltdown. Reactor unit 4 was the one that blew up on april 26 1986.
The control panel of reactor unit 4 inside the chernobyl exclusion zone and nuclear power plant in 2006. It is considered the worst nuclear disaster in history and was caused by one of only two nuclear energy accidents rated at seven the maximum severity on the international. 4 reactor in the chernobyl nuclear power plant near the city of pripyat in the north of the ukrainian ssr.
The chernobyl disaster was caused by a nuclear accident that occurred on saturday 26 april 1986 at the no.
