Chernobyl Chernobyl was one of the largest and most powerful nuclear reactors in the former Soviet Union. It was used to power the part of the U.S.S.R now known as Ukraine. Also it was thought of as one of the safest nuclear reactors in the world. But on April 26, 1986 something went terribly wrong and it is now thought of as the worst nuclear disaster in history. It killed over 100,000 people with its …
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…to put up to more safety standards the companies try to just meet these standards to save money. The Russian made ones were built to strict government standards that no company could get around without consequences making them safer. My thoughts on this are that the U.S.S.R should have been more careful in preparing for an emergency and that the world should pay more attention to problems like this when they arise.