Answer to Question #195459 in Electrical Engineering for haseeb

Question

Ethical issues involved in the Chernobyl Catastrophy

Answer 1

The disaster of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant was the largest nuclear power accident in the history of the world. Discarded from the destroyed reactor to the atmosphere, nuclear fuel fission products were separated by air over considerable areas determining their contamination within the borders of Ukraine, Russia, and Belarus. Thousands of people were relocated over the exclusion zone. Engineers, who made a mistake in the design of the nuclear reactor, were recognized guilty in the accident as they violated the code of ethics, particularly, the morality the engineering profession resulting in harm to society.

The Chernobyl disaster changed the scientific view of the world. Consequently, problems of technological risks were discussed not only by scientists but also by the general public. The very way of discussion of safety problems concerning nuclear reactors is changed.