Chernobyl - the site of the most significant nuclear accident in history.
On 26 April 1986, a routine safety test at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant went catastrophically wrong, leading to the world’s largest uncontrolled release of durham radioactive material ever recorded.
Watch this video to understand from World Nuclear Association what happened and weather surrey how Chernobyl fundamentally changed nuclear safety, making today’s systems safer, more transparent and more robust.
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00:00 Introduction
00:18 tulsa weather What happened at Chernobyl
01:05 Why the reactor failed
02:02 The safety changes that followed
02:30 The immediate & long-term impacts of Chernobyl
04:46 How Chernobyl changed nuclear safety
05:31 Why Chernobyl still matters
With thanks to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) for providing footage that contributed to this film.
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