Nuclear Disaster In India. There is need of taking safety measures to avoid nuclear hazardous incidents. A blast and fire released large quantities of radioactive elements into the atmosphere which spread over much of the western ussr and europe.
Nuclear power produced a total of 35 twh and supplied 3 22 of indian electricity in 2017. A study published in 2005 by the world health organization estimates that there may eventually be up to 4 000 additional cancer deaths related to the accident among those exposed to significant radiation levels. The growth in the application of nuclear science and technology in the fields of power generation medicine industry agriculture research and defence has led to an increase in the risk of occurrence of nuclear and radiological emergencies.
The growth in the application of nuclear science and technology in the fields of power generation medicine industry agriculture research and defence has led to an increase in the risk of occurrence of nuclear and radiological emergencies.
The world s worst nuclear accident has been the 1986 chernobyl disaster in the ukraine one of two accidents that has been rated as a level 7 event on the international nuclear event scale. 5 the accident occurred at the chernobyl nuclear power plant after an unsafe systems test led to a rupture of the reactor vessel and a series of. The highly toxic substance made its way into and. In this period india experienced more incidents of radioactive exposures to humans.