European Chernobyl Week 2014 Европейская Неделя Чернобыля Sergiy Vygivskyy Vira Gys Personal Experiences
Sergiy Vygivskyy 1986
The media reported a minor accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant The mass media gave little information 30 th April 1986 1 st May 1986 An accident has happened in the 4 th Energy block and A part chain of reaction the of the construction of the radioactive reactor material is not building was destroyed happening, and a the reactor just leak of some radioactive shut down. substance.
The Chernobyl disaster happened on April 26 th 1986 at 01:24 Reasons Disconnection of emergency systems Not following procedures Unstable reactor design Nobody believed that this could happen
Where is Chernobyl? In Northern Ukraine 10 miles from Belarus 80 miles from Kiev 140 miles Ossipovichi 1,400 miles from Bristol
The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Complex Reactor 1 1 st Generation 1,000MW Opened 1977 Closed 1996 Reactor 2 1 st Generation 1,000MW Opened 1978 Closed 1991 (fire) Reactor 3 2 nd Generation 1,000MW Opened 1981 Closed 2000 Reactor 4 2 nd Generation 1,000MW Opened 1983 Exploded 1986 Reactor 5 2 nd Generation 1,000MW Never completed - abandoned Reactor 6 2 nd Generation 1,000MW Never completed - abandoned
Contamination by Caesium-137 Country Area Sq Km Russia 57,900 Belarus 46,500 Ukraine 41,900 Sweden 12,000 Finland 11,500 Austria 8,600 Norway 5,200 Bulgaria 4,800 Switzerland 1,300 Greece 1,200
. The first to be injured in accidents were fire-fighters and railway workers
Columns of military vehicles moving in the direction of Chernobyl
Cargo Delivery to the Radiation Zone
Red Forest - Рыжий лес "Red Forest" was the forest, that turned from Spring to Autumn colours overnight and has now been cut down.
Korosten is 70 miles from Chernobyl
Robots Were Uncontrollable due to high level of radiation.
Some Workers Given Special Suits
Pripyat now a Ghost Town Pripyat is only 3 km away from Chernobyl PP. It was home to 49,000 residents before the disaster, mostly the families of the plant workers.
Abandoned villages
Abandoned equipment
Liquidators If the equipment is too contaminated to use or move - what about the people that used them? what about the rain that washes over them?
Korosten - Founded 705 AD Population - 1986-75,000 2014-66,000
Korosten is one of the most populated areas that suffered from Chernobyl 56,053 People Chernobyl Status 2,338 Category 1 12,346 Children 130 Children with Disabilities. 762 Liquidators
Scale of the Consequences Irradiated over 600,000 liquidators. Released nearly 14x10 18 Bq radionuclides -the most radiologically important are I-131 Cs-137 More than 200,000 km across Europe contaminated 340,000 people were evacuated or relocated between 1986 and 1991 More than 5 million people permanently live in contaminated areas. Economic losses are hundreds of billion of U.S. dollars.
April,26 1986 - Memorial sign in Korosten dedicated to the 10 th anniversary of the accident at the Chernobyl power plant
Ministry of Emergency Situations of Ukraine Zhytomyr Regional State Administration Korosten Social Psychological Rehabilitation Centre of the population and its public information on the issues of overcoming Chernobyl consequences
The Aim of Center s Foundation The Center was created in August 2000 thanks to the agreement between the agency of UNO in Ukraine and the Ukrainian government. To provide social-psychological assistance to the population that live in the contaminated areas. There are many programs and projects created by the specialists of the Center aimed at informing the population about safe living in the contaminated area.
The Center of Social Optimism Many programs and projects created by the specialists of the Center aimed at informing the population about safe living in the contaminated area. Lectures and seminars Healthy lifestyle Sports and recuperation work Seminars and training for teachers and medical workers Individual consulting Group work Every year the Center is attended by 19,000 adults, teenagers and children Work with pregnant women Entertainment events International projects
The Center of Social Optimism It supports local development of initiatives in the region and aims at the socio-economic recovery of the affected areas.
Co-operation with Japan Japanese Atomic Industrial Forum Purpose of the Japanese visit To learn from our experiences. Assessment of our city as a whole. How to minimise the psychological consequences of the disasters.
Chernobyl Children s Lifeline One more important step to international partnership January 2009
International Educational Center (Dortmund,Germany) Joint events within ECN. October 2012
European Chernobyl Exhibition Korosten-February,2013. Interactive travelling exhibition demonstrates the aspects of the solidarity movement that emerged in Europe after Chernobyl.
Kent Firemen get involved One more step in successful co-operation. Kent firefighters provide Korosten with two fire-engines and 60 protection suits.
Vira Gys 1986
Pioneer Camp Lviv Region The children from Chernobyl contaminated areas were brought to different parts of Ukraine to spend their summer holidays in camps. We students worked as pioneer leaders
English teacher of Secondary school, Lviv Region -1988-1997
English Teacher In ELSchool#1, Korosten 1997-2007
Deputy Director and English Teacher School#1, Korosten 2007-2012
Korosten 13 Schools 6,530 pupils 2 groups of children: 1. 32.7% healthy 2. 67.3% are on care record
General diseases Endocrine pathology Eyesight diseases Diseases of bone and muscular system Respiratory diseases Diseases of the gastrointestinal tract
Recuperation of Korosten children in Ukraine 1995 5130 2002 2096 2008 1231 2009 1407 2011 1036 80% had chance for recuperation now less than 20% (those who are on care record)
Since October, 2012- teacher-organizer of SPR Center
And coordinator of international programs and projects
2009-2013 Group Leader in Different CCLL Links Wirral, Lincoln and Hykeham, Romney- Marsh
Respite Holidays Our children visit Britain for respite holidays Four weeks with families Clean Air Uncontaminated food Plenty of fun
Settling in, new clothes and shoes
The Dentist and Optician
Many exciting local visits
A weekend away
And much much more What does it achieve? Boosts immune system at least 2 years Increases attentiveness at school Shows that people care Shows that there is a future.
Thank you very much! Thank you for your attention! Дякуємо за увагу! You are welcome to visit Korosten!!!
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