Atomic explosion in history

The beginning of the fortieth years of the XX century was rich in symbolic events for science. This time was marked by the greatest discoveries in the field of atomic physics and meant that great opportunities for utilitarian appointment of the new most powerful source of energy open up for mankind. But the world political situation at that time predetermined the course of history. Attempts by scientists from several countries to direct the use of atomic energy in a peaceful channel turned out to be in vain, since priority was given to the formation of a new type of weapon.

The United States was the first to create nuclear weapons. The development was carried out within the framework of the project, code-named "The Manhattan Project". In the course of this project, three bombs were created, which were given the names "Trinity", "Fat Man" and "Kid". The bomb "Trinity" was blown up during the nuclear tests, "Tolstyak" was dropped on Nagasaki, and Hiroshima received an atomic explosion from the "Baby".

The story says that in August 1945, exactly three weeks after the first atomic bomb was tested, US President Harry Truman ordered the bombing of the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Accordingly, on August 6 of the same year, an atomic explosion occurred over Hiroshima, and three days later the second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. The Government of America believed that this would put an end to the war between the United States of America and Japan.

Atomic explosion caused colossal consequences. After the bombing and explosion in Hiroshima, the total number of deaths totaled about one hundred forty thousand people. The city of Nagasaki lost about eighty thousand people. Japan had no choice but to surrender. Therefore, on August 15, the Japanese government signed an act of surrender. In world history, the atomic explosion in two Japanese cities was the only explosion specifically aimed at destroying people.

Since the initial discoveries in the field of nuclear physics were aimed at practical applications for peaceful purposes, research in this direction did not stop. Already in 1949 scientists of the Soviet Union began to develop projects on nuclear power. In the May days of 1950, the construction of the world's first nuclear power plant in the Obninsk region of the Kaluga region began, and four years later it was already launched. A few years later, the first stage of the second Soviet nuclear power plant in the Tomsk region was commissioned in Seversk. In the same year, the construction of the Beloyarskaya station in the Urals in the city of Zarechny in the Sverdlovsk Region was started. Six years later, the first stage of this station was commissioned, and a few months after the launch of Beloyarka, the first block of the nuclear power plant near Novovoronezh was put into operation. At full power, this station was operational after the second phase was put into operation in 1969. 1973 was marked by the launch of the Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant.

Construction of the infamous nuclear power plant in Northern Ukraine, near the city of Chernobyl, was conducted since 1978 and ended with the launch of the fourth power unit in 1983. The operation of this facility was a failed project for the then Soviet Union. The accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant was not alone. In September 1982, during the repair of the reactor of the first block, an accident occurred at the station, accompanied by the release of a vapor-gas mixture into the atmosphere . As a result of the emission, a significant area was hit, although the authorities officially declared that the environment had not been damaged.

The decisive role in the fate of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant was played by the accident that occurred in 1986. The nuclear explosion in Chernobyl rattled at 00 hours 23 minutes on April 26 during the test of another turbogenerator. The explosion completely destroyed the reactor, the roof of the engine room collapsed, more than thirty fires of fire were recorded. By 5 o'clock in the morning all fires were eliminated. The accident was accompanied by a powerful radioactive release. During the explosion, two employees of the station were killed, more than one hundred people were transferred to Moscow. As a result of the accident, over one hundred and thirty employees of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and workers of rescue services received radiation sickness.

In general, according to generalized data, the nuclear explosion in Chernobyl killed 28 lives, and about six hundred people received a significant dose of radiation, which many participants of those bleak events are still showing.