chernobyl wasnt a new plant at the time of the diaster infact only reactor 4 was new and this is the reator that blew up.
the seveer pressure put on these engineers to meet deadlines ect was to great and cause the diaster, training was in some areas insufficent, but overly it was a stupid mistake to raise the control rods to try raise the power faster (just melt the boron liners) once the liners melt then you cant get the rods down causing a melt down.
the plan itself is very well build more so than british plants and features a unique design with good area to work in, but the draw back is when some thing goes wrong the back up of getting out fails (like a maze inside)
reactor 4 exploded causing part of the ukrain to be shut off for hundreds of years, in 2000 the plant was officaly shut down and decommissioned, after the disaster they kept the other three reactors working but now the entire plant is shut down.
the sarcophigus that is over reactor room4 is dissintergreating largely due to the haste in which it was built funds from all over the world have come in to re build the sarcophigus and will be done so using robot with aid from britain and america. total cost $700 million USD
a sad and stupid tragerdy
|