Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant
Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant is a nuclear power plant currently under decommissioning near the city of Pripyat in the Kyiv region, which operated from 1977 to 2000.
| Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant | |
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| Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant View of the plant in 2013. From L to R New Safe Confinement under construction and reactors 4 to 1. | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Location | Pripyat |
| Coordinates | 51°23′21″N 30°05′58″E / 51.38917°N 30.09944°ECoordinates: 51°23′21″N 30°05′58″E / 51.38917°N 30.09944°E |
| Status | Inactive |
| Construction began | 15 August 1972 |
| Commission date | 26 September 1977 |
| Decommission date | Process ongoing since 2000 |
| Operator(s) | SAUEZM |
| Website chnpp | |
History
Construction of the station began in 1970, the first unit was launched in 1977. The nuclear power plant is located at a distance of 2 km from the city of Prypyat, built primarily for its employees. The name is associated with the city of Chernobyl, then the district center of this area. As of the beginning of 1986, Chernobyl was the most powerful nuclear power plant in the European part of the USSR. On April 26, 1986, during a design test, an accident occurred that completely destroyed the station's fourth reactor and caused significant contamination of the surrounding area with radioactive substances. As a result of this catastrophe, the population of Prypyat, Chornobyl and all other settlements within a radius of 30 km around the station was completely evacuated. Today the accident itself is one of the largest man-made disasters in human history.[1][2][3]
Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Media
Topography of Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, documented by photograph from space station Mir in 1997
Computer-generated synthesis drawing of all 4 units prior to the accident viewed from NW
Incomplete reactors No. 5 and 6
The Chernobyl #4 reactor was catastrophically destroyed on 26 April 1986. This photo was taken of the ruins of Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Reactor #4 during the construction of the Sarcophagus in the late summer of 1986.
New Safe Confinement in 2016
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References
- ↑ "Chornobyl nuclear power plant site to be cleared by 2065". web.archive.org. 2012-10-05. Archived from the original on 2012-10-05. Retrieved 2021-05-28.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ "Radiation high over Europe after Chernobyl disaster – archive, 3 May 1986". the Guardian. 2021-05-03. Retrieved 2021-05-28.
- ↑ Rodgers, James. "How The Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster Shaped Russia And Ukraine's Modern History". Forbes. Retrieved 2021-05-28.