https://padlet.com/338923/2kj9563tu9dn en-us 2016-04-19 15:09:12 UTC 2025-11-05 05:12:16 UTC hello@padlet.com 339788 https://padlet.com/338923/2kj9563tu9dn/wish/106683208 by Aldahir Martinez and Irvin Garcia
Period 1


]]> 2016-04-20 03:24:35 UTC https://padlet.com/338923/2kj9563tu9dn/wish/106683208 339788 https://padlet.com/338923/2kj9563tu9dn/wish/106684458 Construction of the town of Pripyat, one of 9 “atom towns” begins, to be inhabited by future employees of the nuclear power plants.]]> 2016-04-20 03:37:08 UTC https://padlet.com/338923/2kj9563tu9dn/wish/106684458 339788 https://padlet.com/338923/2kj9563tu9dn/wish/106685017 Discussions take place in Kiev about the type of nuclear plant to be built at Chernobyl. ]]> 2016-04-20 03:42:33 UTC https://padlet.com/338923/2kj9563tu9dn/wish/106685017 339788 https://padlet.com/338923/2kj9563tu9dn/wish/106685106 The first of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plants four reactors is ready to operate followed by number 2 in 1978.]]> 2016-04-20 03:43:48 UTC https://padlet.com/338923/2kj9563tu9dn/wish/106685106 339788 https://padlet.com/338923/2kj9563tu9dn/wish/106685166 A partial core meltdown occurs in reactor No. 1. The extent of the accident was not made public until 1985.  The reactor was repaired and put back into operation within months.]]> 2016-04-20 03:44:40 UTC https://padlet.com/338923/2kj9563tu9dn/wish/106685166 339788 https://padlet.com/338923/2kj9563tu9dn/wish/106685245 December – The construction of Unit 4 at Chernobyl is completed and the plant becomes operational on the 20th.]]> 2016-04-20 03:45:39 UTC https://padlet.com/338923/2kj9563tu9dn/wish/106685245 338923 https://padlet.com/338923/2kj9563tu9dn/wish/106685302 The Minister of Energy, Anatoly Mayorets, decrees that information on any adverse effects caused by the functioning of the energy industry on employees, inhabitants and the environment, were not suitable for publication by newspapers, radio or television.]]> 2016-04-20 03:46:34 UTC https://padlet.com/338923/2kj9563tu9dn/wish/106685302 338923 https://padlet.com/338923/2kj9563tu9dn/wish/106685339 Vitali Sklyarov, Minister of Power and Electrification of Ukraine, in reference to the nuclear reactors in Ukraine, is quoted in Soviet Life magazine as saying:“The odds of a meltdown are one in 10,000 years. The plants have safe and reliable controls that are protected from any breakdown with three safety systems.”

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The reactor reaches 120 times its full power. All the radioactive fuel disintegrates, and pressure from all of the excess steam which was supposed to go to the turbines broke every one of the pressure tubes leading to an explosion.

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Residents were given two hours to gather their belongings. The evacuation of Pripyat’s 43,000 residents took 3.5 hours, using 1,200 buses from Kiev. Residents remember that everyone was in a hurry, but nobody was panicking. The residents of Pripyat were asked to carry with them only what was required for two or three days, some food, a change of underwear, and their identity papers. Dosimeters are confiscated.]]> 2016-04-20 04:01:08 UTC https://padlet.com/338923/2kj9563tu9dn/wish/106686173 338923 https://padlet.com/338923/2kj9563tu9dn/wish/106686202 2016-04-20 04:01:39 UTC https://padlet.com/338923/2kj9563tu9dn/wish/106686202 338923 https://padlet.com/338923/2kj9563tu9dn/wish/106686568 2016-04-20 04:05:44 UTC https://padlet.com/338923/2kj9563tu9dn/wish/106686568 338923 https://padlet.com/338923/2kj9563tu9dn/wish/106686699 2016-04-20 04:07:18 UTC https://padlet.com/338923/2kj9563tu9dn/wish/106686699 339788 https://padlet.com/338923/2kj9563tu9dn/wish/106686825
A full report on the cause of the accident was submitted (in Russian) to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). It states there was an extraordinary sequence of carelessness, mismanagement and violations of safety codes leading to the accident.]]> 2016-04-20 04:08:45 UTC https://padlet.com/338923/2kj9563tu9dn/wish/106686825 339788 https://padlet.com/338923/2kj9563tu9dn/wish/106687016 2016-04-20 04:11:01 UTC https://padlet.com/338923/2kj9563tu9dn/wish/106687016 338923 https://padlet.com/338923/2kj9563tu9dn/wish/106687021 2016-04-20 04:11:04 UTC https://padlet.com/338923/2kj9563tu9dn/wish/106687021 338923 https://padlet.com/338923/2kj9563tu9dn/wish/106687169 2016-04-20 04:12:56 UTC https://padlet.com/338923/2kj9563tu9dn/wish/106687169 338923 https://padlet.com/338923/2kj9563tu9dn/wish/106687272 2016-04-20 04:14:00 UTC https://padlet.com/338923/2kj9563tu9dn/wish/106687272 339788 https://padlet.com/338923/2kj9563tu9dn/wish/106687300 The Soviet Union has paid out $3 billion, mainly for relocation, compensation and loss of power.]]> 2016-04-20 04:14:19 UTC https://padlet.com/338923/2kj9563tu9dn/wish/106687300 338923 https://padlet.com/338923/2kj9563tu9dn/wish/106687791 2016-04-20 04:19:38 UTC https://padlet.com/338923/2kj9563tu9dn/wish/106687791 338923 https://padlet.com/338923/2kj9563tu9dn/wish/106687870 2016-04-20 04:20:20 UTC https://padlet.com/338923/2kj9563tu9dn/wish/106687870 338923 https://padlet.com/338923/2kj9563tu9dn/wish/106688030 2016-04-20 04:21:57 UTC https://padlet.com/338923/2kj9563tu9dn/wish/106688030 338923 https://padlet.com/338923/2kj9563tu9dn/wish/106688108 2016-04-20 04:22:38 UTC https://padlet.com/338923/2kj9563tu9dn/wish/106688108