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It’s been around 40 years since the reactor 4 of the nuclear center in Tsjernobyl, in the Soviet Republic, was installed on the second nuclear ramp with the power supply. Four decades later, Tsjernobyl had a reference point for the importance of international nuclear safety.

Bron: Belga

In the evening of April 25, 1986, the preparations for the still harrows of the reactor number four of the Tsjernobyl for an onderhoud, a routine klus normal gezien begin. Tegelijk has also been tested in a new system. What follows is a dramatic impression on technical footings.

The core center of Chernobyl on the ramp in 1986. © REUTERS

The procedure lasts a long time and can also be used in the region of electricity and the other electrical center is available. At 11 p.m. the test was given. Intussen is the less ervaren nightploeg aan the work done, the nooit exacte instructions are given over the verloop of the test.

The control chamber at the core center in Chernobyl.
The control chamber at the core center in Chernobyl. © ANP / EPA

Controlestaven

Tijdens the still harrows of the reactor gaat the fout: the ability of the reactor daalt te snel, tot onder the level waarbij the reactor as stable wordt beschouwd. In the control chamber, the night plot is able to be controlled on the drive from the center of the core and then toe. It is able to be stabilized, it is at a very high bearing level and the procedure is clearly visible. The automatic noodstop system and other security devices have been activated. On Saturday, April 26th, at 01.23 a.m., the official start of the test began, and the power of the reactor was already there.

The sarcofaag affects the ontplofte reactor of Tsjernobyl.
The sarcofaag affects the ontplofte reactor of Tsjernobyl. © ANP / EPA

Not even a minute later, an operator on the noodstop button is printed, the control bar is vast and there are two ontploffingen plaats. Although the reactor weighed 1,000 tons, it was blazed. The night light is made with radioactive materials and the largest core ramp from the world is safe.

You can see a photo of the hair zoo on the omkwam at the core ramp in Tsjernobyl at the monument for the battle offers.
You can see a photo of the hair zoo on the omkwam at the core ramp in Tsjernobyl at the monument for the battle offers. © AP

Dozens of battle offers

Door de ontploffing en de brand vallen meteen two dodelijke slachtoffers. Tientallen reddingswerkers die door de gevolgen van de stralingen. The radioactive cloud travels across the platforms of the ramp and the long term, and dozens of battle offers are made, before the fire. The exact number varies according to the number of dozens of 100,000 offers.

Mikhail Gorbatsjov was unfortunately from the Sovjetunie ten years from the kernramp.
Mikhail Gorbatsjov was unfortunately from the Sovjetunie ten years from the kernramp. © Rick Maiman

The ramp was first forced through the Soviet authorities. The bale was on the rolls of the Finse and Zweedse onderzoekers on April 27th, a large cloud with radioactive material was noticed, the door of the wind towards the heel Scandinavië was spread. Rond 2 has radioactive clouds in Belgium.

A verlaten swimming pool in Pripyat.
A verlaten swimming pool in Pripyat. © NurPhoto via Getty Images

Spookstad Pripyat

Intussen ontrolt the menselijke drama zich verder at the epicentrum of the ramp. In Pripyat, Ukraine, there is an area with a road of 30 kilometers. As he woont, his house can be heard from the three-way area of ​​the radioactive materials. Later the zone was over, there were still 230,000 extra people who had to evacuate. Ze krijgen te horen dat het om een ​​tijdelijke maatregel gaat, maar velen konden nadien nooit meer terug.

Het verlaten Cultuurpaleis in Pripyat.
Het verlaten Cultuurpaleis in Pripyat. © AFP

This is a rule that has a great effect. These were used on the leven on the platteland, maar most ze zich plots aanpassen on the leven in the Soviet flatgebouwen in grote steden. Small grandchildren, meestal or mensen, wilden hun huis niet verlaten of keerden tegen de wil van de autoriteiten in terug om he in small communities samen te leven.

The 'Steeg van de Verlaten Dorpen', with the names of 162 communities, are installed at the door of the core ramp.
The ‘Steeg van de Verlaten Dorpen’, with the names of 162 communities, are installed at the door of the core ramp. © NLBeeld

Nablijvers and tourists in the gevarenzone

Also, he still has his grandchildren in the area, before our residents, who are evacuated and in relative isolation from the land. Momentel is the vernielde reactor 4 overdekt door a gigantic stale koepel die geplaatst is in 2016. The straling is strong afgenomen, maar blijft ongelijk verdeeld: summer zones zijn relatively veilig voor kort verlijf, terwijl other plekken and dozensen jaren gevaarlijk blijven. Honderden werknemers and wetenschappers onderhouden de site van de kerncentrale. Ze beheren radioactive afval en begeleiden de ontmanteling van de centrale, a workje dat nog dead 2065 zou duren.

Visitors to the Tsjernobyl nuclear reactor.
Visitors to the Tsjernobyl nuclear reactor. © EPA

One of the less foreseeable consequences of the core ramp was the tourism to Tsjernobyl: in 2011, the regulations were strictly enforced and the zone was entered. For short notice, the dosage dose can be vergelijkbaar with a long fleece. There was “dark tourism” with dozens of visitors throughout the years, from the outlandish city of Pripyat to the core of the wild. In 2021 there were still 73,000. Tourism leverages the income from the Oekraïne and the international support for nuclear risks.

Army soldiers were training in the city of Tsjernobyl.
Army soldiers were training in the city of Tsjernobyl. © AFP

Oorlog in Oekraïne

The Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 will change the situation. The zone will be taken into account in the dead military area. Starting in 2025, a drone was damaged to protect people. The International Atomic Energy Agency is responsible for the nuclear installations in all areas that need to be protected from military conflicts.

A remote building in Pripyat.
A remote building in Pripyat. © NurPhoto via Getty Images

The nuclear ramp of Tsjernobyl is built to refer to the risk of nuclear energy. “In this era, the zero-risk state never existed, and the nuclear protection was guaranteed, robust regulation and strong protection,” says the Belgian Federal Agency for Nuclear Control (FANC).

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