by Gunnar
ON April 26, 1986, at the nuclear power plant near the city of Pripyat Ukraine. A safety test went wrong. First, I am going to tell you what happened then to the Chernobyl disaster itself then some fun facts.
You want to know what happened right, well I'll tell you. On April 26, 1986, at the nuclear power plant at the city of Pripyat Ukraine a late night safety test went wrong, and the world experienced the worst nuclear accident of all time. Dozens were killed immindently and thousands over the ensuing years. The disaster let off more radiation than the nuclear bomb Hiroshima. The divers were to dive throw reactor 4 and drain the cooling pools before the radioactive liquid hit it and blew it up. They were successful. If they hadn't drained the pools the devastation would have been ten times worse.
Then for some more info about Chernobyl disaster. The accident was caused by a combination of factors including operators' errors design flaws and a lack of safety. The disaster led to the evacuation of Pripyat and vast areas of Belarus. There were long term health effects too including thyroid cancer which starts in your thyroid gland and makes bad tumors.
Now to talk about something less crazy some fun facts about Oleksiy ananenko. He was an engineer and he was the one that found the pipes and twisted the valves he and the other two received the hero of Ukraine award after.
I think these men made a real difference in Ukraine for they bravery they showed. They should be remembered as one of the Coolest men in history. Thank God.
Sources: Sky HISTORY TV channel
Wikipedia
Book: stories for boys who dare to be different.
