10 Worst Nuclear Disasters in History
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The
world's biggest & most powerful nuclear disasters of all time!
Nothing compares to these nuclear accidents that devastated places like
Fukushima, Chernobyl, & Windscale.
Today's video was done in
collaboration with World 5 List! Check out their video on “The Most
Radioactive Sites in the World” by clicking here: https://youtu.be/tsy8ZehWcYI
And don't forget to subscribe to their channel by clicking here: https://goo.gl/ugIHaV
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Number 10: Myak
Located
in northeastern Russia, Mayak is an industrial complex that experienced
an accident in 1957 known as the Kyshtym Disaster. During this
disaster, an explosion caused 100 tons of radioactive waste to be
released into the environment, exposing more than 400,000 people to
radiation. The International Nuclear Event Scale measured it as a 6,
meaning it was the third worst nuclear disaster of all time. The only
two that were worse were Fukushima & Chernobyl.
As it was
operated by the Soviet Union, the activities at Myak were top secret
& the public was not immediately informed about its happenings. A
week after the explosion, 10,000 people from the surrounding area were
evacuated, though they still did not know what was going on. While it is
not entirely clear how many health issues can be attributed to this
incident, some believe that as many as around 8,000 people died over a
30-year span. Others estimates count anywhere between 50 to 200
fatalities. But even before the accident actually took place, dangerous
material was released into a nearby river that also subjected the area
to high radioactive exposure.
Other accidents at the complex have
put humans & the environment at risk as well. From 1953 till 2000,
dozens of minor accidents as well as two major ones occurred at Myak. At
one point, a dried up polluted lake called Lake Karachay began
releasing radioactive particles into surrounding bodies of water during a
heavy rainstorm in 1967. Heavy winds spread dust & radioactive
material from the lake over to the town of Ozyorsk.
Number 9: The Santa Susana Field Laboratory
Located
in the Simi Valley of Southern California, the Santa Susana Field
Laboratory was used from 1949 until 2006. The complex had many uses over
the years. It was used to research government-sponsored liquid metals,
to develop liquid propellant rocket engines for NASA, & to house
nuclear reactors. Over the years, four of the ten nuclear reactors
experienced accidents.
In July, 1959, one of the worst nuclear
reactor accidents in U.S. history occurred at the site. After the site
saw a nuclear meltdown, it released what is believed to be an enormous
amount of radioactivity. The exact amount was never specified. Some
estimates say that it was as much as 458 times the amount released
during the Three Mile Island disaster of 1979. Earlier that year, the
same AE6 Nuclear Reactor was leaking fission gas, which was likely to be
the cause of the meltdown that occurred months later.
In 2006,
scientists & researchers concluded that contamination from the
accidents as well as sodium burn pits—which were used to clean sodium
contaminated objects—might have been responsible for as many as 300 to
1,8000 cancer deaths.
Number 8: Three Mile Island
Mentioned
earlier, this accident garnered much national attention & occurred
in 1979 at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station in Dauphin
County, Pennsylvania. On March 28th, 1979, a mechanical failure at the
site resulted in nuclear reactor coolant being leaked from one of the
reactors. When all was said & done, a large amount of radioactive
gases & iodine was released into the environment. The exact amount
has not been explicitly made known.
The extent of the damage was
so bad that initially, all pregnant women & young children within a
five-mile radius of Three Mile Island were evacuated. It eventually
extended to a 20-mile & ultimately a 30-mile radius. About 140,000
of the 635,000 people in the area chose to evacuate, & many of these
folks returned within weeks of the accident.
An investigation
found that the accident occurred due to human miscalculations & a
valve malfunction. The cleanup effort lasted four years, from 1979 till
1993. Aside from the health & environmental toll the accident took,
it also badly damaged the development of nuclear energy. Plans to build
51 nuclear reactors were canceled & it wasn’t until 2012 that
another nuclear power plant was authorized for construction.
world's biggest & most powerful nuclear disasters of all time!
Nothing compares to these nuclear accidents that devastated places like
Fukushima, Chernobyl, & Windscale.
Today's video was done in
collaboration with World 5 List! Check out their video on “The Most
Radioactive Sites in the World” by clicking here: https://youtu.be/tsy8ZehWcYI
And don't forget to subscribe to their channel by clicking here: https://goo.gl/ugIHaV
Subscribe to They Will Kill You for new videos: http://goo.gl/SaufF4
Full image attributions available here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/x07mn3y6oaz...
Number 10: Myak
Located
in northeastern Russia, Mayak is an industrial complex that experienced
an accident in 1957 known as the Kyshtym Disaster. During this
disaster, an explosion caused 100 tons of radioactive waste to be
released into the environment, exposing more than 400,000 people to
radiation. The International Nuclear Event Scale measured it as a 6,
meaning it was the third worst nuclear disaster of all time. The only
two that were worse were Fukushima & Chernobyl.
As it was
operated by the Soviet Union, the activities at Myak were top secret
& the public was not immediately informed about its happenings. A
week after the explosion, 10,000 people from the surrounding area were
evacuated, though they still did not know what was going on. While it is
not entirely clear how many health issues can be attributed to this
incident, some believe that as many as around 8,000 people died over a
30-year span. Others estimates count anywhere between 50 to 200
fatalities. But even before the accident actually took place, dangerous
material was released into a nearby river that also subjected the area
to high radioactive exposure.
Other accidents at the complex have
put humans & the environment at risk as well. From 1953 till 2000,
dozens of minor accidents as well as two major ones occurred at Myak. At
one point, a dried up polluted lake called Lake Karachay began
releasing radioactive particles into surrounding bodies of water during a
heavy rainstorm in 1967. Heavy winds spread dust & radioactive
material from the lake over to the town of Ozyorsk.
Number 9: The Santa Susana Field Laboratory
Located
in the Simi Valley of Southern California, the Santa Susana Field
Laboratory was used from 1949 until 2006. The complex had many uses over
the years. It was used to research government-sponsored liquid metals,
to develop liquid propellant rocket engines for NASA, & to house
nuclear reactors. Over the years, four of the ten nuclear reactors
experienced accidents.
In July, 1959, one of the worst nuclear
reactor accidents in U.S. history occurred at the site. After the site
saw a nuclear meltdown, it released what is believed to be an enormous
amount of radioactivity. The exact amount was never specified. Some
estimates say that it was as much as 458 times the amount released
during the Three Mile Island disaster of 1979. Earlier that year, the
same AE6 Nuclear Reactor was leaking fission gas, which was likely to be
the cause of the meltdown that occurred months later.
In 2006,
scientists & researchers concluded that contamination from the
accidents as well as sodium burn pits—which were used to clean sodium
contaminated objects—might have been responsible for as many as 300 to
1,8000 cancer deaths.
Number 8: Three Mile Island
Mentioned
earlier, this accident garnered much national attention & occurred
in 1979 at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station in Dauphin
County, Pennsylvania. On March 28th, 1979, a mechanical failure at the
site resulted in nuclear reactor coolant being leaked from one of the
reactors. When all was said & done, a large amount of radioactive
gases & iodine was released into the environment. The exact amount
has not been explicitly made known.
The extent of the damage was
so bad that initially, all pregnant women & young children within a
five-mile radius of Three Mile Island were evacuated. It eventually
extended to a 20-mile & ultimately a 30-mile radius. About 140,000
of the 635,000 people in the area chose to evacuate, & many of these
folks returned within weeks of the accident.
An investigation
found that the accident occurred due to human miscalculations & a
valve malfunction. The cleanup effort lasted four years, from 1979 till
1993. Aside from the health & environmental toll the accident took,
it also badly damaged the development of nuclear energy. Plans to build
51 nuclear reactors were canceled & it wasn’t until 2012 that
another nuclear power plant was authorized for construction.
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