Fun fact: Chernobyl has four reactors, and the other three remained operational for years after unit 4’s meltdown in 1986. Unit 2 was shut down in 1991, unit 1 was shut down in 1996, and unit 3 was shut down in 2000.
Unit 2 was due to “complications resulting from a turbine fire” according to Wikipedia, but there’s no particular reason, other than lack of political will, that units 1 and 3 couldn’t have still been running today.
Fun fact: Chernobyl has four reactors, and the other three remained operational for years after unit 4’s meltdown in 1986. Unit 2 was shut down in 1991, unit 1 was shut down in 1996, and unit 3 was shut down in 2000.
Unit 2 was due to “complications resulting from a turbine fire” according to Wikipedia, but there’s no particular reason, other than lack of political will, that units 1 and 3 couldn’t have still been running today.