11. Shortly after Julia was born a major
catastrophe occurred in the Ukraine
• Chernobyl disaster
This article is about the 1986 nuclear plant accident in Ukraine
• The Chernobyl disaster (Ukrainian: Чорнобильська катастрофа,
Chornobylska Katastrofa – Chornobyl Catastrophe; also referred as
Chernobyl or the Chornobyl accident) was a catastrophic nuclear accident
that occurred on 26 April 1986 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in
Ukraine (then officially the Ukrainian SSR), which was under the direct
jurisdiction of the central authorities of the Soviet Union. An explosion
and fire released large quantities of radioactive particles into the
atmosphere, which spread over much of the western USSR and Europe.
• The Chernobyl disaster is the worst nuclear power plant accident in
history in terms of cost and resulting deaths[1], and is one of only two
classified as a level 7 event (the maximum classification) on the
International Nuclear Event Scale (the other being the Fukushima Daiichi
nuclear disaster in 2011).[2] The battle to contain the contamination and
avert a greater catastrophe ultimately involved over 500,000 workers and
cost an estimated 18 billion rubles.[3] 31 people died during the accident
itself, and long-term effects such as cancers and deformities are still being
accounted for.
12. Chernobyl disaster
nuclear reactor after the disaster. Reactor 4 (center).
TuThe rbine building (lower left). Reactor 3 (center
right).
Date 26 April 1986 (1986-04-26)
Time 01:23 (Moscow Time
UTC+3)
Location Pripyat, (former Ukrainian
SSR, Soviet Union)