苏联乌克兰北部切尔诺贝利核 电站最近发生的事故,是三十多年 来世界上最严重的核事故之一,它 对苏联核工业造成的影响是颇为严 重的。 切尔诺贝利核电站位于乌克兰首府基辅以北一百三十公里处,始建于一九七二年。它的四个石墨慢化反应堆分别于一九七七、一九七九、一九八二和一九八三年建成投产。一九八五年底它的总发电能力达到四百万千瓦。 这次发生事故的是核电站的第四个反应堆。据苏 The recent accident at the Soviet Chernobyl nuclear power plant in northern Ukraine is one of the worst nuclear accidents in the world for more than 30 years. Its impact on the Soviet nuclear industry is rather severe. The Chernobyl nuclear power plant is located 130 kilometers north of the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, and was built in 1972. Its four graphite moderated reactors were completed and put into operation in 1977, 1979, 1982 and 1983 respectively. At the end of 1985, its total generating capacity reached 4 million kilowatts. The accident happened at the fourth reactor of the nuclear power plant. According to Su