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    The document summarizes the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster in Ukraine. It describes how a flawed safety test under mismanaged conditions led to an explosion of one of the reactors. Over 300,000 people were evacuated and a sarcophagus was built to contain radiation. In the aftermath, there was denial from managers and delayed evacuation by the government seeking to keep the situation secret and avoid criticism of reactor design flaws. The document recommends improving preparedness, transparency, mediation of long-term effects from such disasters.

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    Chernobyl Disaster: "Historicizing" Management

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    The document summarizes the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster in Ukraine. It describes how a flawed safety test under mismanaged conditions led to an explosion of one of the reactors. Over 300,000 people were evacuated and a sarcophagus was built to contain radiation. In the aftermath, there was denial from managers and delayed evacuation by the government seeking to keep the situation secret and avoid criticism of reactor design flaws. The document recommends improving preparedness, transparency, mediation of long-term effects from such disasters.

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    Chernobyl Disaster

    “Historicizing” Management

    Indranil Biswas; Pratyush Dubey; Seeyan P A;


    Sonalee Shriya Dubey; Swathi Yarabolu;
    Vikas Yadav; Taksha Begad; Vaishya Rishabh
    Kamlesh
    Chernobyl Disaster

    FACTS

    Explosion at Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant on April 26, 1986.


    8 ton of radioactive debris spread in the atmosphere.

    Safety Test of Reactor


    number 4 under Flaw in safety drills Explosion of the reactor
    mismanaged conditions

    2
    Chernobyl Disaster

    Post-Explosion

    • Hazardous Effects on health- radiation sickness,


    deformities in progenies, contaminated environment
    • 3 lakh people evacuated from the city
    • Built Sarcophagus to contain the radiation emission
    • Other reactors continued operations till 2000- gravity of
    situation unheeded?

    3
    Chernobyl Disaster

    What actually happens


    Emergency
    April 25, 2 pm: 01:00: Reactor
    shutdown system
    Safety test stabilizes, test
    and safety systems
    scheduled continues
    turned off

    Emergency cooling 12:28 am: Reactor 1:23:04 am:


    system is shut stalls, control rods Unexpected power
    down removed. surge

    11:10 pm : 1:23:40 am:


    Safety test delayed Permission to Emergency
    continue test Shutdown Initiated

    4
    Chernobyl Disaster

    D-Day

    1:23:58 am: Reactor explodes

    5
    Chernobyl Disaster

    On 26th April

    Belarus
    • Wind was in direction of Belarus
    • 70% radioactive fallout lands in South-East
    Belarus
    • Severe contamination of farming land

    6
    Chernobyl Disaster

    Post-Accident

    April 26
    1 AM to next few April 26 to May
    hours 14

    Till April 26
    evening

    7
    Chernobyl Disaster

    Next Few Hours

    Management action
    • Assured themselves both the reactor core and its radiation
    shielding remained intact.
    • kept the USSR govt at Kremlin in dark
    Why
    • This was basically denial on part of the managers of NChNPP.

    8
    Chernobyl Disaster

    Till 26th April Evening

    Government’s Action

    • Delay of prompt evacuation

    Why?
    • Different perceptions of risk and absence of definite
    hierarchy

    9
    Chernobyl Disaster

    April 27 to May 14

    Government’s Action
    • Took steps for evacuation
    • Tried to contain the situation and keep it as secret
    • Tried to contain the flaws in the design of the RBMK reactor

    Why?
    • To avoid criticism

    10
    Chernobyl Disaster

    Final Recommendations

    Long term
    Preparedness
    effects

    Transparency Mediation

    11
    Chernobyl Disaster

    End!

    THANK YOU

    12

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