Keble Newsletter March 2014 | Page 5

Alistair Fraser Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster Just after 1 am on april the 26th 1986 the reactors power dropped suddenly causing a potentially dangerous situation. The operators tried to compensate for the low power. But the reactor went out of control. If the safety systems had remained on they would have fixed the problem. However they were not. The reactor exploded at 1:23 am. The world discovers a meltdown The world discovered the accident two days later on april the 28th when operators of th H