Modern technology is one of the great evidences that the world is already becoming modernized. Long before, people do all works by hand, but nowadays, human race is almost dehumanized due to the advancement of various innovations invented by man. On the contrary, we can fully say that all inventions are beneficial, despite the fact [...]
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Chernobyl
On April 26 1986, during a low-power engineering test in Chernobyl RBMK-1000 reactor 4, a power surge triggered multiple steam explosions, causing a loss of coolant, allowing a total meltdown of the fuel and starting a fire in the reactor housing, which burned for ten days, dispersing radionuclides into the atmosphere. The details of how [...]