Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
A map of the Exclusion Zone The entrance to the zone of alienation around Chernobyl The Exclusion Zone was originally an area with a radius of 30 kilometres (19 mi) in all directions from the plant, but was subsequently greatly enlarged to include an area measuring approximately 2,600 km 2 (1,000 sq mi), officially called the " zone of ...
Debris bed formation – "When the temperature in the core reaches about 1,700 K (1,430 °C), molten control materials (1,6) will flow to and solidify in the space between the lower parts of the fuel rods where the temperature is comparatively low. Above 1,700 K (1,430 °C), the core temperature may escalate in a few minutes to the melting ...
The 1966 RAND corporation memorandum The Effects of Nuclear War on the Weather and Climate by E. S. Batten, while primarily analysing potential dust effects from surface bursts, [72] notes that "in addition to the effects of the debris, extensive fires ignited by nuclear detonations might change the surface characteristics of the area and ...
Estimated number of deaths from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster A map showing caesium-137 contamination in the Chornobyl area in 1996. The Chernobyl disaster of 26 April 1986 triggered the release of radioactive contamination into the atmosphere in the form of both particulate and gaseous radioisotopes.
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
At least eight people in were injured in Decatur, Illinois, after an explosion at a processing plant operated by Archer Daniels Midland Company, officials said.
Any sufficiently large explosion, such as one caused by a large quantity of conventional explosives or a volcanic eruption, can create a condensation cloud, [2] [3] as seen in Operation Sailor Hat [4] or in the 2020 Beirut explosion, where a very large Wilson cloud expanded outwards from the blast. [2]
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us more ways to reach us