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The accident in the Chernobyl nuclear power stationThe Earth probably remembers the main events which have taken place in its depths and on its surface - ice ages, volcanic eruptions, meteorite falls, floods, deluges... Some of these events are usually called disasters if they distrupt the stable lifestyle of humans or the animal kingdom, and lead to tragedies over vast areas.
The consequences oft the Chernobyl nuclear power station explosion on April 26, 1986 are related to such events. Regardless of the fact that the date and place it happened where predicted in a graphic rebus published in one Siberian newspaper, Chernobyl came to us so unexpectedly. It grew in the form of shaft of fire and dust towering almost two kilometres above its concret building and fluttered, spreading a glow over all the Poleseye lowland gardens, which were in spring blossom at the tima, and mood of farmers and nature lovers. According to Robert Gale, something unreal and probably even irreparably terrible took place. The fourth bloc`s roof was perforated by the explosion. Bits of concrete, graphite and some other materials where ejected through the hole in the bloc. (...) During the first day the wind lifted, dispersed and pulled radioactive gases, dust and smoke with it towards the West of Rovno and Volyn. However, in the highest layers of the atmosphere the current took a tourn towards the Baltic countries and made a loop around Europe. Lower radiation-filled air flows wnet, as one could say, according to their course, to the Gomel region on the 27th of April, and carried on to Moscow as if in search of targets. The destroyed active zone made contact with the atmosphere. Everything bubbled there, roared, and buzzed like fire hyena. Having litened to specialists` advice (if anybody could be called that on this occasion), the gouverment took the decision to close the hole using heat absorption, ash and fire filtration materials. That ist why the air force pilots, risking life and limb, made hundreds of flights above the active zone between the 27th of April and the 10th of May. They threw thousands and thounsands of bags of sand, cly, dolomite, boron and lead (which was the heaviest at 2400 tons) from helicopters (...) From: |
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