MIT 22.01: Introduction To Nuclear Engineering And Ionizing Radiation

Lecture 28: Chernobyl Trip Report by Jake Hecla (2016x28)

Date de diffusion: Déc 08, 2016

After our discussion of the Chernobyl accident, MIT student Jake Hecla explains the accident in far more detail, and catalogs his recent trip to the Chernobyl site, the town of Pripyat, and the newly installed sarcophagus designed to contain the exploded nuclear plant. Tons of photos of Chernobyl in its current state are shown by Jake in the context of the accident.