Cyprus & Greece together against Turkish plans for nuclear power

Posted on 18/03/201118/03/2011 by admin

Cyprus and Greece are both taking the case of Turkey’s nuclear plans for Akiougiou to the European Union. The case will be put on discussion on Monday at the ministerial meeting in Brussels on the topic of nuclear energy. Even though Akiougiou area is highly seismic and it would be unwise for Turkey to proceed especially in light of the recent events in Japan, Turkey appears to be speeding up their plans. Moreover Greek Prime Minister Papandreou, had the opportunity today, to reiterate his position over Turkey’s nuclear plans during a telephone conversation he had with Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan on the issue of Libya.

Bad idea

these are grave and very likely possibilities of what would happen in the case of a nuclear accident after an earthqueke.

What has been happening lately with the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant? Is the Sarcophagus holding up and doing its job? The answers might surprise you.

Contents:

Current Conditions of the Sarcophagus.
Perhaps the Sarcophagus was not built to be permanent.
Is the Sarcophagus in danger of collapsing?
Current Events at Chernobyl.
Fires break out near the Nuclear Power Plant on the tenth aniversary of the accident.
Children of Chernobyl.
Ten years after the explosion, more and more children that survived the incident are developing cancer.
Children who are born from parents exposed to high radiation levels may be in threat of deformities.
Missing Fuel Mystery.
statics from the explosion find between 10 and 50 tons of the reactor fuel unaccounted for.
Where did this fuel go?
Future Plans
What lies ahead for Chernobyl?

25-26 April 1986.
Engineers on the evening shift at Chernobyl’s number four reactor began an experiment to see whether the cooling pump system could still function using power generated from the reactor under low power should the auxiliary electricity supply fail.

At 2300 control rods, which regulate the fission process in a nuclear reactor by absorbing neutrons and slowing the chain reaction, were lowered to reduce output to about 20% of normal output required for the test.
However, too many rods were lowered and output dropped too quickly, resulting in an almost complete shutdown.
Safety systems disabled.
Concerned by possible instability, engineers began to raise the rods to increase output. At 0030 the decision was taken to carry on.
By 0100 power was still only at about 7%, so more rods were raised. The automatic shutdown system was disabled to allow the reactor to continue working under low power conditions.
The engineers continued to raise rods. By 0123, power had reached 12% and the test began. But seconds later, power levels suddenly surged to dangerous levels.

Overheating
The reactor began to overheat and its water coolant started to turn to steam.
At this point it is thought that all but six control rods had been removed from the reactor core – the minimum safe operating number was considered to be 30.
The emergency shutdown button was pressed. Control rods started to enter the core, but their reinsertion from the top displaced coolant and concentrated reactivity in the lower core.
Explosions
With power at roughly 100 times normal, fuel pellets in the core began to explode, rupturing the fuel channels.
At about 0124, two explosions occurred, causing the reactor’s dome-shaped roof to be blown off and the contents to erupt outwards.
As air was sucked in to the shattered reactor, it ignited flammable carbon monoxide gas causing a reactor fire which burned for nine days.
Because the reactor was not housed in a reinforced concrete shell, as is standard practice in most countries, the building sustained severe damage and large amounts of radioactive debris escaped into the atmosphere.
Firefighters crawled onto the roof of the reactor building to fight the blaze while helicopters dropped sand and lead in an effort to quell the radiation.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/guides/456900/456957/html/nn1page1.stm

The explosion at Chernobyl acted like a volcano, blowing radioactive particles far into the sky. Wind moved the plume, or cloud of radioactive particles, all around the world. Even worse, when the plume passed by several countries, it began to rain, and nuclear fallout hit the ground.

Contents:

Radiation Spreads
Wind carried the plume of radioactive particles around the world.
Nordic Countries
The Nordic countries were perhaps the most affected by the radioactive fallout.
Nordic countries were among the first to notice high levels of radiation in the air.
Europe
Europe was also greatly effected by the explosion.
European countries suffered financially when bans were put on foods.
Rest of the World.
Radioactive fallout travelled as far as the United States.

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