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77 Comments
I read 2 different quotes yesterday about how many people have died or will die from the direct effects of Chernobyl. The UN says about 9,000 and GreenPeace says more like around 100,000. Hmmm….
I think the numbers depend on what degree of impact you are including in the statistics. Especially when they say “have died or will die”, that opens it up to generations of problems down the line.
When I visited a children’s hospital in Chernigiv (an area nearby Chernobyl) about five years after Chernobyl, it was packed with kids suffering from many varying degrees of radiation poisoning. Some died immediately, some years later, and some will pass on such serious genetic defects to their descendants (if they have any) that they are very likely to die of cancer as well.
That’s my best guess on the variation in the numbers.
I think the numbers depend on the agenda of the organization putting them out. Greenpeace’s agenda is cleary stated on their website. “Safe nuclear power is a myth. Greenpeace is campaigning to end nuclear power, reprocessing and waste dumping.” As you may expect from the number the UN put out, The UN Commission on Sustainable Development has come out in support of nuclear power. It seems that both organizations are just interpreting data in whatever way will support their position.
This surely was a awful happening. I’m very sure that people even people from today are still suffering from that!
I am and have been against nuclear power.
The technology and safety tech is pretty much the same as they had in the 50s.
My question to nuke proponents —- Why? do we need these? Too much risk for the reward.
The US should have a ” manhattan project ” for energy. We could find cheaper more efficient power technologies. This could be done without having to use the ” stick ” of burdensome taxes to ” encourage” fuel economies.
I’m totally in favor of nuclear energy. I do think that means that there’s a lot more work to be done to ensure that we can do it safely, and I also think that we should continue to explore other options at the same time, but right now none of the other “alternative” sources are efficient enough, and the primary sources we currently are so dependent on will run out sometime.
I think the main thing that everyone should be able to agree on is that we need to be making more of an effort towards alternative fuels now, rather than waiting until it gets even more critical in terms of current supplies.
does anyone know if they still use chernobyl any more?
look i know its a dumb question, but i thought the remaining reacters were still opperational. LOOK I NEED AN ANSWER SO I CAN REST EASY! I CAN’T SLEEP ‘TIL I HAVE AN ANSWER, O.K.!!
Chernobyl was officially shut down in 2000
Thank you chris, now I can go to bed. Boy am I tired. I was kinda hoping they were able to get it back up an running though. Oh well. Goodnight.
thanks chris for answering but my last “answer” to yours b.s.
oh and guys sorry about the i can’t sleep comment
so between 1986 and 2000 did they use the remaining reactors?
Yes, the remaining three reactors were in use for a while after the meltdown; they needed them because the country was experiencing a power shortage.
One was closed in 1991 due to a fire, and another in 1996 as part of a political deal to eventually shut down the plant, and then the final one was decommissioned in 2000.
I’m curious - why do you ask?
im so devistated about this it must of been terrible to be living there
how did it happen let me know im researching this issue
Try wikipedia. Not that I’m accusing you of trying to find stuff to copy and paste into a school report, but I’m sure there’s plenty out there if you Google for it.
The basic summary is there was a steam explosion which led to a fire, which then led to more explosions that led to the meltdown.
jb. i’m do’n that too.can you give me some good researh sites or give me some faqs. reply a.s.a.p.
oh a better answer jb. at my middle school we do these projects called smelps. i’ll tell you after we “touch base” agian if you want to know
kristi how about you?
but if they used the remaining reactors until 2000 didn’t they worry about terrorists?
Tim: no, they didn’t worry about terrorists. Terrorism wasn’t really a serious problem until late 2001, otherwise we would have declared war on it much sooner.
thanks jb. do you know about any good research sights?
whoops! my bad i ment research SITES.
yo jb tell me, on a scale of 1-10 what would 3 mile island be compared to chernobyl. (and could you answer both questions please)
dave z safety tech has come a long way since the 50’s
As for research sites, I suggest Googling around for more blogs with random posts about Chernobyl and asking people there to either speculate or do the research for you.
But seriously, (like I said before) try Wikipedia. In case you don’t want to do that for some reason, you could always try your local public library; I’m sure the county of Anoka has a decent one around.
sorry jb my teacher just gave me a cut date and thats today
thanks
No problem.
why graphite rods
There was a surplus of graphite at the time, due to lots of American students not being able to finish their scantron SAT tests anymore (due to the declining quality of their education), leaving mountains of only partially used #2 pencils which had no other viable resale/reuse potential.
the fuel rods why graphite?
I take it you didn’t believe my previous answer. Are you suggesting that this blog may not be a credible research site?
no no ! i wasn’t able to read that blog sorry man
what about 3 mile island
jb do youso stuff about making a blog site like this. JB!!
chris do you know anything else about tmi? let me know
who was in charge during the test?
Do you mean the one in charge officially, or the one behind the conspiracy that led to the meltdown?
behind the conspiracy
That’s a secret, of course.
oh come on jb .have you watched seconds from disaster?
i think you don’t know
I do know that I haven’t seen “seconds from disaster”.
why would the info of who was in charge during the conspirasy be a secert?
Well, it wouldn’t be much of a secret conspiracy otherwise, would it?
well no .but why a secret?
Well, if you were responsible for a conspiracy that led to that kind of incident, you probably wouldn’t want that knowledge to be widely dispersed, would you?
guess not.
jb are you near a tv? reply a.s.a.p.
please
Up until now, I thought I was the one making the jokes in this thread; maybe not.
never mind funny guy. so do they know how many workers died in the explosion?
how many died in the explosion?
As far as I know, none or maybe a couple. At the end of the day, only two people had died so far, but I’m not sure whether that was a result of the explosion.
The steam explosion wasn’t really the problem, though; it was the fact that it led to a meltdown which ended up releasing radioactive material into the atmosphere. The radiation was the cause of the deaths associated with Chernobyl, but I don’t know whether anyone has an accurate count on that, since the effects were so widespread and not immediate. People were dying for years afterward as a result, so it’s difficult to get a good count.
You can probably find more info here.
i’ve been to sight
foget it .
funny guy
My last answer wasn’t a joke.
no-no-no-no the 1st reply my friend was a joke.
the last one i didn’t take as “bullshit”
oh and i think one died in the blast
is it a secret about who was officially in charge?
Before we go too much farther, perhaps you could answer a question for me: does Anoka county have a year round schedule or will you be getting out for summer break soon?
i get out today
Congrats; did you get a good grade on that Chernobyl thing?
u bet. how’ve you been?
u bet.
i’m back baby yah!!!!!
have you done anything on limewire lately?
FANDANGO!!!!
JB i got a b+ on the project
Congrtats on the grade. I’ve never used Limewire.
ok so who was officialy in charge?
ok so who was officialy in charge?
right so who was officialy in charge?
sorry duplicated it
hi guys an old thread i see, but im clued up on chernobly. any questions you need asking just let me know and ill do my best.
p.s with love from the UK!!
incidentaly some of the sheep here in the lake disrict area of the uk are still under monitoring restrictions due to the fall out from the accident,