The_Chernobyl_Catastrophe

The Chernobyl Catastrophe

 At 1:24 AM on Saturday, April 26, 1986, Chernobyl's fourth reactor exploded.


 Two thundering radiation waves were sent through the ground, sending an immediate feeling of dread and confusion to all in the
 surrounding area.
 The reactor’s roof was blown off, sending radioactive gasses more than thirty six hundred feet into the air, also creating a catastrophic  plume that went eight kilometers into the sky that covered Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, and some of Europe. This was at least one hundred  times more radiation then from the bombs that were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan. Thirty one plant workers were killed   instantly, adding to the immediate shock and devastation of the accident.

                                         Chernobyl Explosion, 1986 Emaze

After the explosion, 1986, Revista Gerente.


          The nuclear explosion was reported as a level seven, the highest level in the nuclear event scale.

                                                                              The Nuclear Event Scale, 1990, International Atomic Energy Agency