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[There were no deaths due to deterministic effects (i.e., people receiving a high dose of radiation, rapidly becoming ill, and dying); the 100–240 figure is an estimate of the number of people who died later in life due to cancer caused by radiation from the accident [29]]. 95–4,000+ [30] [31] 26 April 1986 Chernobyl disaster.
At the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Prypiat, Ukraine a test on reactor number four goes out of control, resulting in a power excursion. The ensuing steam explosion, fire and radio-isotope releases killed approximately 31 to 50 first responders , with most of those exposed to radiation only, dying with acute radiation syndrome within weeks ...
[2] [3] [4] However, there is considerable debate concerning the accurate number of projected deaths that have yet to occur due to the disaster's long-term health effects; long-term death estimates range from up to 4,000 (per the 2005 and 2006 conclusions of a joint consortium of the United Nations) for the most exposed people of Ukraine ...
The effects of low-level radiation on human health are not well understood, and so the models used, notably the linear no threshold model, are open to question. [ 106 ] Given these factors, studies of Chernobyl's health effects have come up with different conclusions and are sometimes the subject of scientific and political controversy.
83 people were injured due to uneven cooling of the reactor core, resulting in fuel element failures and multiple ruptures. [12] 8 Soviet submarine K-19 reactor accident 1961, July 4 More than 30 people were over-exposed to radiation when the starboard reactor cooling system failed and the reactor temp rose uncontrollably.
The first geothermal power plant in the Tiwi region opened in 1979, while two other plants followed in 1980 and 1982. [58] The Tiwi geothermal field is located about 450 km from Manila. [61] The three geothermal power plants in the Tiwi region produce 330 MWe, putting the Philippines behind the United States and Mexico in geothermal growth. [62]
Geothermal projects promise nearly limitless energy, but they are being stymied by environmental policies.
Virtually every aquatic organism on a 40-mile (64 km) stretch of river was killed. [1] 2000 Baia Mare cyanide spill of a gold mine in Romania, January 2000; 2001 AZF Toulouse chemical factory explosion; 2003 Release of sulfur dioxide at the Al-Mishraq plant in Iraq; 2005 Jilin chemical plant explosions; 2007 Release of lead dust into Esperance ...