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On April 25th, prior to a routine shutdown, the
reactor crew at chernobyl 4 began preparing
for a test to determine how long turbines
would spin and supply power to the main
circulating pumps following a loss of main
electrical power supply. This test had been
carried out at chernobyl the previous year, but
the power from the turbine ran down too
rapidly
The experimenters allowed this dangerous
condition to develop even though they had
deliberately bypassed and disconnected every
important safety system, including the
emergency core-cooling system.

At 1:23 A.M. the engineers proceeded with the
experiment by shutting down the turbine
generator.


That reduced the electrical supply to the
reactors water pumps, which in turn reduced
the flow of cooling water through the reactor.
In the coolant channels within the graphite-
uranium fuel core, the water began to boil.
On April 26th 1986, one of the reactors at
chernobyl power plant in Ukraine, exploded,
causing a nuclear meltdown that sent massive
amounts of radiation into the atmosphere.

It was the worst nuclear power-plant disaster
in history.
The radiation drifted westward, across what
was then Soviet Russia, toward Europe.
two chernobyl workers died the night of the
accident, and a further 28 people died within a
few weeks as a result of acute radiation
poisoning.
Reactor no.4 has been sealed off in large,
concrete sarcophagus that is slowly
deteriorating.

While the rest of the plant ceased operations in
2000, almost 4000 workers still report there
for various assignments.
Resettlement of areas from which people were
relocated is ongoing.


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10/15/14
This book was created and published on StoryJumper™
©2014 StoryJumper, Inc. All rights reserved.
Publish your own children's book:
www.storyjumper.com


On April 25th, prior to a routine shutdown, the
reactor crew at chernobyl 4 began preparing
for a test to determine how long turbines
would spin and supply power to the main
circulating pumps following a loss of main
electrical power supply. This test had been
carried out at chernobyl the previous year, but
the power from the turbine ran down too
rapidly
The experimenters allowed this dangerous
condition to develop even though they had
deliberately bypassed and disconnected every
important safety system, including the
emergency core-cooling system.

At 1:23 A.M. the engineers proceeded with the
experiment by shutting down the turbine
generator.


That reduced the electrical supply to the
reactors water pumps, which in turn reduced
the flow of cooling water through the reactor.
In the coolant channels within the graphite-
uranium fuel core, the water began to boil.
On April 26th 1986, one of the reactors at
chernobyl power plant in Ukraine, exploded,
causing a nuclear meltdown that sent massive
amounts of radiation into the atmosphere.
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