Chernobyl Revisited (interesting Website)

Pinter75 said:
Stff
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Modern nuclear plants are incredibly safe. The chance of a meltdown, or even any major accident, are slim. This is basically due to the design of the reactor itself. Back in the days of Chernobyl the core was designed in such a way that the reaction was self sustaining and had to be constantly controlled or it would go out of control. Modern plants are the opposite. They require constant attention just to keep the reaction stable. Also, new safety features all but eliminate most dangerous scenarios. If something went wrong or if someone stepped away from control panel the reactor would automatically shut down.

Theoretically an accident like those at Windscale, Three Mile Island and Chernobyl could never happen again. Unless of course the plant was in a poor state of repair or was an older design.
 
T16 said:
I wouldnt count that as exactly trustworthy either.

There is much activity around the power plant now, packed trains transport workers to the other 3 fully functional reactors.

Chernobyl is fascinating, there are two amazing films that the BBC did that have some AMAZING footage and facts.

1. Inside Chernobyl's Sarcophagus - BBC Horizon 1996

and

2. Horizon 2006 Nuclear Nightmares

Literally jawdropping viewing.
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How odd, I was watching this yesterday!

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Not great quality, but one of the better things I've found on the web.

The whole thing really fascinates me. See you there Scuzi lol.
 
Scuzi said:
The body can absorb a certain amount of radiation for short periods of time without any harm. If they got too close to the reactor there is a danger of radiation sickness.
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The public are aloud to view the reactor surfococus from about 130Meters.
Radiation isn't really a problem on day trips inside the exclusion zones. Unless you start drinking water or eating plants. Plants contain most of the radiation.
 
beh said:
Slightly off topic but, did anyone see that Horizon doc last year with scientists questioning the deadliness of exposure to fairly low level radiation such as that resulting from Chernobyl? Was quite interesting stuff http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/5173310.stm
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Yeah i saw that. It was quite an eye opener. From what i remember they had a part where they were questioning the numbers for the amount of people that died directly because of the accident.
 
leaskovski said:
Yeah i saw that. It was quite an eye opener. From what i remember they had a part where they were questioning the numbers for the amount of people that died directly because of the accident.
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Indeed. And tests proved that local wildlife had no signs of mutations or cell damage. Makes you wonder.
 
cheets64 said:
radiation went as far as Sweden.
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It went further than that. Welsh lamb was affected for a while - indeed I think that there are still parts of Wales where the meat has to be regularly checked for radiation.
 
yes i remember watching documentry on tv not long ago about it .it had a daughter and mother who lived in a tower block close to the area .they went back to the old flat and it sorta looked like silent hill real errie also took readings of items around the place which included a mouse that set the buzzer going .
 
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