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Chernobyl; Chronology of a disaster (2011)

AuthorLaka, Nuclear Monitor special
1-01-2-12-37.pdf
DateMarch 2011
Classification 1.01.2.12/37 (LAKA FOUNDATION)
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                                                                                    MAART 11, 2011 | No. 724


CHERNOBYL; CHRONOLOGY
OF A DISASTER
                                                                                    CHERNOBYL; CHRONOLOGY OF
                                                                                    A DISASTER	            1

                                                                                    INHOUD:

                                                                                    1- An accident waiting to
                                                                                    happen                     2
                                                                                    2- The accident and
                                                                                    immediate consequences
                                                                                    ( 1986 – 1989)             4
                                                                                    3- Trying to minimize the
                                                                                    consequences (1990 – 2000) 8
                                                                                    4- Aftermath: no lessons
                                                                                    learned (2001 - 2011)
                                                                                    5- Postscript	            18




Chernobyl - 200,000 sq km contaminated; 600,000 liquidators; $200 billion in da-
mage; 350,000 people evacuated; 50 mln Ci of radiation. Are you ready to pay this
price for the development of nuclear power? (Poster by Ecodefence, 2011)



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At 1.23 hr on April 26, 1986, the fourth reactor of the Cherno-     power plants are designed to withstand na