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Bookmark or Share- The 1986 Chornobyl nuclear power plant accident | IAEAOn 26 April 1986, the Number Four reactor at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant in what then was the Soviet Union during improper testing at low-power, resulted in loss of control that led to an explosion and fire that demolished the reactor building and released large amounts of radiation into the atmosphere.
- Frequently Asked Chernobyl Questions | IAEAOn April 26, 1986, the Number Four RBMK reactor at the nuclear power plant at Chernobyl, Ukraine, went out of control during a test at low-power, leading to an explosion and fire that demolished the reactor building and released large amounts of radiation into the atmosphere.
- IAEA Delivers Safety and Security Equipment to Chornobyl | IAEAIn addition to nuclear safety and security assistance, IAEA safeguards staff travelled within the assistance team to Chornobyl this week to conduct on-site safeguards work. They will install equipment to reactivate remote data transmission from its monitoring systems installed at the Chornobyl plant. “This is just a first step.
- IAEA BACKGROUND DOCUMENT ON CHORNOBYLIAEA BACKGROUND DOCUMENT ON CHORNOBYL The accident at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), occurred on 26 April 1986. Following the accident, the Agency called for a post-accident review meeting on the accident in Vienna, which was followed by the publication of a summary report of
- IAEA Chief Grossi to Head Assistance Mission to Ukraine’s Chornobyl ...In March, for example, the Chornobyl NPP lost both external communications and off-site power, forcing it to rely on emergency diesel generators for several days. During its first such mission to Chornobyl, the IAEA will provide the operator with different types of radiation monitoring equipment, including radionuclide identification devices ...
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