Part one of term paper
The nuclear power plant accident on April 26, 1986 in the former Soviet Union demonstrated for the first time that the effects of any nuclear accident are not localized, but rather spill over into neighboring countries and have global consequences. The accident harmed a lot of people in many ways and took years to clean up. The power ...

Part two of term paper
... run the test at this time. The staff proceeded with shutdown procedures and the reactor operated at approximately half power when the electric load dispatcher refused to allow further shutdown. As part of the test the emergency core cooling system was switched off and the reactor carried on at half power. At about 23:00 hrs. on April 25, the grid controller agreed to a further reduction in power. For this test the reactor was to be stabilized at 1,000 MW prior to shut down, however, due to oper ...