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Report on the Accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station.

NUREG1250

Publication Date	1987
Page Count	220
Abstract	The report presents the compilation of information obtained by various organizations regarding the accident (and the consequences of the accident) that occurred at Unit 4 of the nuclear power station at Chernobyl in the USSR on April 26, 1986. Each organization has independently accepted responsibility for one or more chapters. The various authors are identified in a footnote to each chapter. Chapter 1 provides an overview of the report. Very briefly the other chapters cover: Chapter 2, the design of the Chernobyl nuclear station Unit 4; Chapter 3, safety analyses for Unit 4; Chapter 4, the accident scenario; Chapter 5, the role of the operator; Chapter 6, an assessment of the radioactive release, dispersion, and transport; Chapter 7, the activities associated with emergency actions; and Chapter 8, information on the health and environmental consequences from the accident. These subjects cover the major aspects of the accident that have the potential to present new information and lessons for the nuclear industry in general.
Keywords	Nuclear reactor accidents Nuclear power plants Fires Graphite USSR Chernobylsk -4 reactor Meltdown Fission product release Environmental transport LWGR type reactors Radiation doses Radionuclide migration Chernobyl reactor
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee Environmental Protection Agency General Electric Power Research Institute Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NTIS Subject Category	77H - Reactor Engineering & Nuclear Power Plants 97Q - Selected Studies In Nuclear Technology 97R - Environmental Studies
Corporate Authors	Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC.; Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.; Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC.; Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA.
Supplemental Notes	Prepared in cooperation with Department of Energy, Washington, DC., Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA., Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC., and Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	198708

Report on the Accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station.

Report on the Accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station.
NUREG1250

Publication Date	1987
Page Count	220
Abstract	The report presents the compilation of information obtained by various organizations regarding the accident (and the consequences of the accident) that occurred at Unit 4 of the nuclear power station at Chernobyl in the USSR on April 26, 1986. Each organization has independently accepted responsibility for one or more chapters. The various authors are identified in a footnote to each chapter. Chapter 1 provides an overview of the report. Very briefly the other chapters cover: Chapter 2, the design of the Chernobyl nuclear station Unit 4; Chapter 3, safety analyses for Unit 4; Chapter 4, the accident scenario; Chapter 5, the role of the operator; Chapter 6, an assessment of the radioactive release, dispersion, and transport; Chapter 7, the activities associated with emergency actions; and Chapter 8, information on the health and environmental consequences from the accident. These subjects cover the major aspects of the accident that have the potential to present new information and lessons for the nuclear industry in general.
Keywords	Nuclear reactor accidents Nuclear power plants Fires Graphite USSR Chernobylsk -4 reactor Meltdown Fission product release Environmental transport LWGR type reactors Radiation doses Radionuclide migration Chernobyl reactor
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee Environmental Protection Agency General Electric Power Research Institute Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NTIS Subject Category	77H - Reactor Engineering & Nuclear Power Plants 97Q - Selected Studies In Nuclear Technology 97R - Environmental Studies
Corporate Authors	Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC.; Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.; Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC.; Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA.
Supplemental Notes	Prepared in cooperation with Department of Energy, Washington, DC., Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA., Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC., and Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	198708