The Catastrophe of Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant

On April 26 1986, the reactor Unit 4 at the Chernobyl nuclear advocate plant was non working properly. When workers tried to fix this problem in reactor 4 by shutting down the its power correct system and its emergency safety systems, this caused the most serious and dangerous possibility in the history of nuclear power generation. The Chernobyl shot released large amounts of hot materials into in the atmosphere, which were carried by air currents. Soon subsequently this catastrophe, these hot materials were transmit by the wind over many countries, which polluted their atmosphere.The release of radiotherapy had a deadly effect on peoples health and the environment thus, onward building such a plant, safety and emergency procedures must be guaranteed. The radioactive materials, which train been released from the accident, affected peoples health for several years. The Russian administration admitted the release of radioactivity, when the Swedish monitoring stations re ported abnormal spirited levels of wind transported radioactivity as clarified by the International atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The government had to evacuate many areas and declare it as a Forbidden zone to protect people from radioactivity.Initially the accident caused the death of 32 people(B. Hummer,Nils Chernobyl the accident http//bcf. usc. edu/meshkati/chernobyl. html). The radioactive materials released from this accident are cc times as very much radioactivity as the Hiroshima and Nagasaki explosions (Dahl,Birgitta The Chornobyl Nuclear cataclysm http//scf. usc. edu/melan). Its human death losses and the amount of the radiation released into the environment, raised a large number of problems non only for the treatment of severely candid persons, but as well as The decisions that had to be taken considering the population.Thus, the number of people who were unworthy from cancer was increasing and the number of thyroid cancers among children also increased in the most affected area Belarus, Ukraine and Russia (Encyclopedia of Britannica online). Indeed, for several years, babies were born deformed and thousands were ugly from illnesses and cancer (which takes 8 to 10 years to appear), scientists and doctors were alerted because after only foursome years thyroid cancer increased much more than their expectations and its maturement was more quickly than they expected and its pattern was different from the patterns known work now (Specter,M. Willy The Three Mile Island and Chernobyl nuclear power accidents The mod York times, Sunday march 31,1996).All these factors have increased diseases among the people subsisting in the exposed area and the workers involved in clearing the place after the accident. In my opinion, it is extremely difficult to imagine the psychological effects of Chernobyl accident on the people who make loved it. In addition, this emotional try on and other psychological factors are the main possible cause of peop les illnesses after the accident and in the future.The radiation did not only affect peoples health but it polluted the environment and the territories beside the reactor. The area beside Chernobyl was heavily polluted because 70% of the radioactive substances fell on it (Encyclopedia of Britannica online). As stated by Najmedin Meshkati, a nuclear scientist The most dangerous thing was the food pollution (cesium, strontium, plutonium and americium) in milk and meat products are with concentration several ampere-second times gameer than pre accident levels and often above the permitted levels and it pull up stakes not disappear before 300 years.Although, people know that these regions are heavily polluted and that meat and milk products have accumulated high quantities of radioactive substances, more than 1. 8 million people are mollify living there (Specter,M. Willy The Three Mile Island and Chernobyl nuclear power accidents The New York Times, Sunday march 31,1996). They drin k radioactive fluids, eat radioactive substance (cesium131) will stay in the food and liquids and will not disappear completely before 300 years.The consequences of these substances will not be noticed but after many years and it will not only affect the present generation but also the future generation. To crack maximum safety, emergency systems should be guaranteed before building any nuclear power plant. Thus, authorities must not omit the possibility of the occurrence of an accident. The failure of workers to identify the problem between the systems to insure safety, and their failure to cooperate with each other is unacceptable.Workers must be prepare to deal with real emergency situations in order to respond firm and to control it. However, after Chernobyl, solutions to insure the safety of large-scale technological systems have fallen into the categories of management and apostrophize control (B. Hummer,Nils Chernobyl the accident -http//bcf. usc. edu/meshkati/chernobyl . html). The constitute to lightheaded up the mess caused by the nuclear power plants are much more expensive than to install a new emergency system. Thus, the cost to maintain safety is negligible compared to the cost, which they have to pay if an accident happened.Moreover, authorities must be strict concerning the regulations of nuclear power plants. Many improvements in radiation protection and emergency preparations have been made, possible by the Chernobyl experience (Encyclopedia of Britannica online). The lessons drawn from the Chernobyl accident are valuable humans life is precious. Thus, human must learn from their mistakes and know how to prevent their happening especially if these mistakes may cost innocent peoples lives. An accident such as the catastrophe of Chernobyl is a descrase for humanity, thats why we cannot afford such mistakes again. Because some mistakes are unforgiving.