Chernobyl Disaster 1986 UKRAINE

Japan raised the severity level of the crisis at its crippled nuclear plant today to rank it on par with the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, citing cumulative radiation leaks contaminating the air, tap water, vegetables and seawater. Japanese nuclear regulators said the rating was being raised from 5 to 7 - the highest level on an international scale overseen by the International Atomic Energy Agency - after new assessments of radiation leaks from the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant since it was disabled by the March 11 tsunami. The new ranking signifies a "major accident" with "wider consequences" than the previous level, including widespread health...

Ok sedikit info mengenai Chernobyl disaster yang terjadi di Ukraine. Chernobyl power plant ini explosion dan telah release large quantities of radioactive to the atmosphere.Radioactive ini telah mengakibatkan pencemaran kepada Western Russia dan Eropah. Dikhabarkan pada masa itu adalah kemalangan paling teruk..

The disaster began during a systems test on 26 April 1986 at reactor number four of the Chernobyl plant, which is near the town of Pripyat. There was a sudden power output surge, and when an emergency shutdown was attempted, a more extreme spike in power output occurred, which led to a reactor vessel rupture and a series of explosions.