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By: Brooke Kelly
APES
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What was the Kyshtym Disaster?●Kyshtym Disaster was a radiation contamintation
incident.●This was a level 6 disaster on the “International
Nuclear Event Scale”.●Third most serious nuclear accident ever
recorded
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Where and When?
● Accord in the town of Ozyorsk, near Mayak plant
● September 29th, 1957● Nuclear Fuel Reproducing Plant in Russia
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Why did the explosion accure?
● The cooling system in one of the tanks that was containing 80 tons of liquid radioactive waste
that failed and was not repaired, the temperature increased causing evaportation.
● A chemical explosion was the result of the increased temperature.
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The Effect of the Explosion
● It released 20 Mci of radioactivity, contributing to the pollution of the Techa River.
● A radioactive cloud was formed, moving towards the north east.
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The Effect of the Explosion
● The contamination created a long term effect on the area within 800-20,000 square km.
● The current area is referred to as “East-Ural Radioactive Trace”.
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Evacuations
● Directly after the disaster 22 villages were exposed to the radiation
● 10,000 were evacuated● Many were immediately evacuated
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Aftermath
● The reasoning for the evacuation was not stated to the public
● 6,000 deaths occured because of the disaster● 200 deaths because of cancer
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Aftermath
● 10 days later the goverment decided to plow 515 acres of radioacitivy land, so they could restart their agirculture use.
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Currently Today
● In Ozyorsk, the radiation level is safe for the public again but the “East-Ural Radioactive
Trace” is still contaminated.
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Sources
● Agreenroad.blogspot.com/2012/03/ozyorsk-kyshtym-mayak-nuclear-waste.html
● https://www.google.com/search?q=Kyshtym+Disaster&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=Ggf4UvqYOdOksQSL8IDoBw&ve
● https://www.google.com/search?q=Kyshtym+Disaster&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=Ggf4UvqYOdOksQSL8IDoBw&ve