fallout shelter nuclear reactor vs power plant

Presently, there are about 450 operating nuclear power reactors in the world 55 new reactors are under construction in several countries including China, India, Pakistan, and newcomers Bangladesh, Belarus, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates.

While some nuclear power industry experts argue that past nuclear accidents shouldn’t detract from the industry’s future credibility, there is no doubt that a new Chernobyl-type disaster is more likely to happen if we do not learn the key lessons of the one that has already occurred. On the contrary, Chernobyl and its legacy, with its specters of lingering human toll, radiation contamination, and the massive new shelter (“New Safe Confinement”) installed over the old sarcophagus encasing the reactor, will be with us for a long time.Ĭhernobyl was neither the first nor the last serious nuclear reactor accident it was sandwiched between Three Mile Island (1979 in the United States) and Fukushima (2011 in Japan). Some may wonder why bother with a gone-by historical event that happened in a distant land - a country that no longer exists - the former Soviet Union (now Ukraine).

The world will soberly commemorate the 33rd anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant catastrophic accident on Friday, April 26, 2019.

Fallout shelter nuclear reactor vs power plant