Chernobyl 2012 finding a fragment of Chernobyl's nuclear reactor fuel
5Chernobyl 2012 finding a fragment of Chernobyl's nuclear reactor fuel
In 1951, power was generated by a nuclear power plant for the first time in the United States. The principle is that collisions of atoms release energy. At the same time, however, radioactive radiation is also released. Shortly after the discovery of this effective power supply, several nuclear power plants are also being built in Russia, four of which are reactors at Chernobyl (in present-day Ukraine).
It is 26 April 1986 when a human error in the testing of a security system caused something to go completely wrong in the fourth nuclear reactor at Chernobyl. The heat production increases in such a way that the power plant explodes and catches fire.
The explosion killed 31 people, most of them a few days later due to radiation sickness. However, most of the radiation released by the fire is sucked high into the air and the number of (direct) victims in Chernobyl itself is still low. After the remnants of the nuclear power plant have been cleaned up, the remaining three plants will return to work.
You can find more information about The Chernobyl Disaster here:
https://www.livescience.com/39961-chernobyl.html
https://www.britannica.com/event/Chernobyl-disaster