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Bookmark or Share- The 1986 Chornobyl nuclear power plant accident | IAEAIAEA, Vienna, 2008 (ISSN 0074–1884; STI/PUB/1312; ISBN 978–92–0–110807–4) On 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 ...
- Frequently Asked Chernobyl Questions | IAEAFrequently Asked Chernobyl Questions. 1. What caused the Chernobyl accident? On 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 ...
- Radiation: Health consequences of the Fukushima nuclear accidentThe Fukushima nuclear accident as a part of a triple disaster was unprecedented in its scale and nature. A number of lessons were learned that help Japan and all countries better plan, prepare, respond and recovery from potential nuclear accidents. These include: Evacuation aims to minimize or prevent health risks of radiation exposure.
- Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Accident - IAEAThe IAEA’s Incident and Emergency Centre (IEC) received information from the International Seismic Safety Centre at approximately 08:15 Vienna Time concerning an earthquake with a magnitude of 9.0 near the east coast of Honshu, Japan’s main island. This was followed by an accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, which was ...
- The Fukushima Daiichi Accident | IAEAThe Fukushima Daiichi Accident consists of a Report by the IAEA Director General and five technical volumes. It is the result of an extensive international collaborative effort involving five working groups with about 180 experts from 42 Member States with and without nuclear power programmes and several international bodies.
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