Nbsp   Are CANDU reactors similar to the Chornobyl design?

A. CANDU Technology B. The Industry C.

Cost/Benefit D. Safety/Liability E. Waste F.

Security/Non-Proliferation G. Uranium H. Research Reactors I.

Other R&D J. Further Info On April 26, 1986, the Unit 4 reactor at Chornobyl*, near Kiev in the Ukraine, suffered the worst nuclear accident in history. A combination of poor design, almost nonexistent safety culture, and human error lead to an uncontrolled power increase that destroyed the core and dispersed radioactive contamination over a wide region of the Ukraine and Byelorussia.

See the IAEA's summary marking the 20th anniversary in 2006: "Revisiting Chernobyl: 20 Years Later", as well as the World Nuclear Association's summary at www.world-nuclear.org/info/chernobyl/inf07.htm. The tragic events of April 26, 1986 are in many ways peculiar to the type of reactor involved, the philosophy and training of those operating it, and the political infrastructure governing the country (the former U.S.S.R.) at the time. It is ... more.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.

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