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Accident at Chernobyl nuclear power plant and its concequences. Part I. general material (1986)
| Auteur | USSR State Committee |
| Datum | augustus 1986 |
| Classificatie | 2.34.8.10/05 (TSJERNOBYL - ONGELUK & OMGEVING - ALGEMEEN) |
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Uit de publicatie:
INTRODUCTION On 26 April 1986 at 1.23 a.m. an accident occurred at the fourth unit of the Chernobyl' Nuclear Power Plant which resulted in the destruction of the reactor core and part of the building in which it was housed. The accident took place prior to shut-down of the unit for planned maintenance during operating mode tests on one of the turbogenerators. There was a sudden power surge on the reactor leading to the destruction of the reactor and the release into the atmosphere of part of the radioactive products which had accumulated in the core. During the accident the nuclear reaction in the fourth unit was stopped. The fire which occurred was extinguished and work was begun to limit and eliminate the consequences of the accident. The population from the areas in the immediate vicinity of the nuclear power plant and from a 30 km-radius zone around the plant was evacuated. In view of the extraordinary nature of the Chernobyl' accident, an operational team headed by the President of the USSR Council of Ministers, N.I. Ryzhkov, was organized in the Politburo of the CPSU Central Committee to co-ordinate the activities carried out by the ministries and other state departments to eliminate the consequences of the accident and to assist the population. A government commission was set up to study the causes of the accident and to implement the requisite emergency and rehabilitation measures. The necessary scientific, technical and economic resources of the Soviet Union were mobilized. Representatives of the IAEA were invited to the USSR and given the opportunity to familiarize themselves with state of affairs at the Chernobyl' power plant and the measures taken to control the accident. They informed the world community of their evaluation. Governments of a number of countries and many governmental, public and private organizations and individuals from different countries made offers of assistance to various Soviet organizations to help eliminate the consequences of the accident. Some of these offers were accepted. During the thirty years of its development, nuclear power has occupied an important place in world energy-production and on the whole has demonstrated a very good record of safety for mankind and the environment. It is impossible to envisage the future of the world economy without nuclear power. However, its further development must be accompanied by still greater scientific and technical efforts to guarantee operational reliability and safety. The Chernobyl' accident resulted from a combination of several unlikely events. The Soviet Union is drawing the appropriate conclusions from the accident.
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