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    The document summarizes the management of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. Emergency crews responding to the accident poured sand and boron onto the damaged reactor to stop the fire and additional radioactive releases. A sarcophagus was later built to contain the reactor. Over 115,000 people were evacuated from contaminated areas within 30 km of the plant. The Soviet government also cut down forests and buried contaminated land to reduce radiation levels near the site. Restrictions were placed on accessing and using areas in the Exclusion Zone for decades after the accident.

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    The document summarizes the management of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. Emergency crews responding to the accident poured sand and boron onto the damaged reactor to stop the fire and additional radioactive releases. A sarcophagus was later built to contain the reactor. Over 115,000 people were evacuated from contaminated areas within 30 km of the plant. The Soviet government also cut down forests and buried contaminated land to reduce radiation levels near the site. Restrictions were placed on accessing and using areas in the Exclusion Zone for decades after the accident.

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    The document summarizes the management of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. Emergency crews responding to the accident poured sand and boron onto the damaged reactor to stop the fire and additional radioactive releases. A sarcophagus was later built to contain the reactor. Over 115,000 people were evacuated from contaminated areas within 30 km of the plant. The Soviet government also cut down forests and buried contaminated land to reduce radiation levels near the site. Restrictions were placed on accessing and using areas in the Exclusion Zone for decades after the accident.

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    The document summarizes the management of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. Emergency crews responding to the accident poured sand and boron onto the damaged reactor to stop the fire and additional radioactive releases. A sarcophagus was later built to contain the reactor. Over 115,000 people were evacuated from contaminated areas within 30 km of the plant. The Soviet government also cut down forests and buried contaminated land to reduce radiation levels near the site. Restrictions were placed on accessing and using areas in the Exclusion Zone for decades after the accident.

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    March 24, 2021 [ASSIGNMENT NO#1]

    Course title:

    Environmental project &management

    Course code:

    ES-206

    Submitted to:

    Dr.Mateen Shafqat

    Submitted by:

    M.Wajid

    Semester: 4th

    Roll No:

    0008-BS-PHY-2019

    Registration No:

    19-UON-0565

    Department of physics university of Narowal 1


    Narowal Pakistan
    March 24, 2021 [ASSIGNMENT NO#1]

    Chernobyl disaster management


    On April 26, 1986, a sudden surge of power during a reactor systems test destroyed Unit 4 of the nuclear power
    station at Chernobyl, Ukraine, in the former Soviet Union. The accident and the fire that followed released
    massive amounts of radioactive material into the environment.

    So here three main points in management of disaster

    Management of damaged reactor and nuclear waste:


    Emergency rescue
    Emergency crews responding to the accident used helicopters to pour sand and boron on the reactor debris. The
    sand was to stop the fire and additional releases of radioactive material; the boron was to prevent additional
    nuclear reactions.

    Sarcophagus
    A few weeks after the accident, a Shelter was built to contain the damaged reactor, reduce the radiation levels
    on site, and prevent further release of radioactive material.

    Nuclear waste management


    After the accident, the cleaning operations created a large volume of radioactive waste and this was placed in
    trenches and land-fills in the Exclusion Zone

    Management of contaminated areas


    Evacuation of people
    After the accident, officials closed off the area within 30 kilometers (18 miles) of the plant, except for persons
    with official business at the plant and those people evaluating and dealing with the consequences of the accident
    and operating the undamaged reactors. The Soviet (and later on, Russian) government evacuated about 115,000
    people from the most heavily contaminated areas in 1986

    Reduction of radioactive contamination near the site


    The Soviet government cut down and buried about a square mile of pine forest near the plant to reduce
    radioactive contamination at and near the site

    Department of physics university of Narowal 2


    Narowal Pakistan
    March 24, 2021 [ASSIGNMENT NO#1]

    After accident Life in less contaminated areas


    During the first years after the accident, settlements in contaminated regions of the USSR were cleaned up at
    great cost. Soon after the accident, the most effective agricultural countermeasures to avoid human exposure to
    radioactive iodine through milk were the use of "clean" fodder for cattle and rejection of contaminated milk. In
    order to reduce long term contamination of milk and meat with radioactive cesium, the land used for fodder
    crops was treated and animals were given not only clean fodder but also chemicals that "trap" the radioactive
    cesium

    Future of the restricted access area surrounding the site


    Restrictions
    Restrictions have also been applied to many forests of the former USSR and in Scandinavia, in terms of access,
    hunting, and harvesting of forest products such as berries, mushrooms, and firewood. The overall plan for the
    long term development of the Exclusion Zone is to make the less affected areas available for use by the public.

    Industrial use
    These areas are best suited for industrial use rather than for residential or agricultural purposes.

     Solar panel have been installed about 300 feet from the site of Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine

    Recommendation
     Safety protocols should be imposed properly for workers to prevent from cancer that working for
    constructing the sarcophagus
     Nuclear waste should be disposed off properly: A large volume of nuclear waste that resulted from
    explosion placed in land-fills in the Exclusion Zone that are not meet current safety requirements

    Department of physics university of Narowal 3


    Narowal Pakistan

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