International Nuclear Safety Group the Kyshtym disaster, which occurred at Mayak, a Nuclear fuel reprocessing plant in the Soviet Union. Since then, there have been hundreds of nuclear accidents, some considered minor while others were horrendous, with one of the worst accidents being the Chernobyl disaster of April 26, 1986. Involving a nuclear power plant at Chernobyl, now in Ukraine, a combination of nuclear volatility and the disregard of several safety procedures caused an explosion of its fourth reactor, ending in the worldwide environmental and human catastrophe. Following the Chernobyl accident, the IAEA was forced to create a new branch of their organisation to
Nuclear explosion they make, like high temperatures and nuclear radiation. The devastating impact of the explosion does not stop after the initial blast, as with conventional explosives. A cloud of nuclear radiation travels from the epicenter of the explosion, causing an impact to life forms even after the heat waves have ceased. Any nuclear explosion (or nuclear war) would have wide-ranging, long-term, catastrophic effects. Radioactive contamination would cause genetic mutations and cancer across many generations. Nuclear explosion A nuclear explosion is an explosion that occurs as a result of the rapid release of energy from a high-speed nuclear reaction. The driving reaction