Intelligence volume 2 by svetlana savranskaya washington d c may 15 2020 the soviet politburo knew as soon as july 1986 that the design of the chernobyl reactor was at fault in the deadly explosion there the previous april not just the errors made by reactor staff according to documents. The nuclear disaster through the eyes of the soviet politburo kgb and u s. This event was one of the worst accidents in the history of nuclear power it was rated at level 7 the most severe level on the international nuclear event scale the only other accident with a level 7.
The chernobyl disaster was a nuclear disaster which occurred on april 26 1986 at the chernobyl nuclear power plant in pripyat ukraine at that time ukraine was part of the soviet union. The design of the reactor is unique and in that respect the accident is thus of little relevance to the rest of the nuclear industry outside the then eastern bloc. The chernobyl disaster was a unique event and the only accident in the history of commercial nuclear power where radiation related fatalities occurred e.
The archives published in a book edited by the ukrainian secret service sbu give an overview of the various construction errors accidents and emergency interruptions at the plant between. Ukraine has declassified previously secret soviet documents on the explosion at the chernobyl nuclear plant on 26 april 1986 making them public on monday. The documents which were made public monday were published in a book edited by the ukrainian secret service and contain details of the construction errors and accidents at the plant for the 15 years before the explosion which is.
Ukraine has declassified a collection of soviet documents concerning the 1986 explosion at the chernobyl nuclear plant the brussels times reported monday. Many of us already know less and more about the chernobyl disaster that once shocked the world community to the core. An example of such an event is the chernobyl disaster or the chernobyl explosion that occurred at the chernobyl nuclear power plant in ukraine in 1986.
How a nuclear accident escalated to a historic disaster the chernobyl nuclear disaster was made worse when soviet authorities initially denied the event and then acted slowly. Between 2 and 50 people were killed in the initial explosions and dozens more contracted serious radiation sickness some of whom later died. Chernobyl disaster accident at the chernobyl nuclear power station in the soviet union in 1986 the worst disaster in nuclear power generation history.
It is considered the worst nuclear disaster in history and was caused by one of only two nuclear energy accidents rated at seven the maximum severity on the international. 4 reactor in the chernobyl nuclear power plant near the city of pripyat in the north of the ukrainian ssr. The chernobyl disaster was caused by a nuclear accident that occurred on saturday 26 april 1986 at the no.
