Chernobyl
The Chernobyl nuclear power plant, in Ukraine, was used for an experiment in 1986. Site operators used reactor number 4 to carry out the activity.
The group's objective was to monitor the activity of the nuclear reactor with reduced energy levels. To carry out the maneuver, the operators and those responsible for the energy center broke the delicate safety rules for this type of plant.
In this context, Europe would see one of the greatest tragedies in history.
It was a succession of incorrect activities that resulted in the tragedy. But one of them, the interruption of the hydraulic system that controlled the reactor temperatures, caused reactor 4 to overheat.
With the explosion, the reactor filled with the radioactive chemical element Cesium-137 released the material into the atmosphere. The amount of radioactive compound spread by the Chernobyl nuclear accident was four hundred times greater than the content of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs, used in combat in the Second World War. The Ukrainian city of Pripyat was the first and main one affected by the accident.
A team of 600,000 people was recruited by the Soviet authorities to clean up the contaminated site. During the evacuation of people, helicopters delivered sand and lead to the burning plant.
After the accident, experts evaluated the structure of the plant and realized that if it had steel and cement domes for protection, the accident would have been less intense. After the accident, the remains of reactor 4 were isolated.
The population that came into contact with the radioactive chemical element Cesium-137 began to die or experience health problems. Scientists prove that people affected by a reasonable level of radiation are practically destined to become ill.
Typically this group develops congenital problems and genetic anomalies. This generates a great debate about the maintenance and construction of nuclear plants.
