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The Chernobyl Disaster and Ethics

The Chernobyl Disaster and Ethics. West Virginia University EE 481 Group #10 Spring 2014 Floyd Baker - Matt Logue - Stuart Christie. Background Information. Saturday, 26 April 1986 Reactor #4 of Chernobyl Plant Near the city of Pripyat , Ukraine

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The Chernobyl Disaster and Ethics

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  1. The Chernobyl Disasterand Ethics West Virginia University EE 481 Group #10 Spring 2014 Floyd Baker - Matt Logue - Stuart Christie

  2. Background Information • Saturday, 26 April 1986 • Reactor #4 of Chernobyl Plant • Near the city of Pripyat, Ukraine • Close Proximity to Belarus and the Dnieper River • Actual modern location is in the Ukraine • Widely considered to be worst Nuclear Power Plant accident in history • The only other comparable event is the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster

  3. The Disaster • Began as a systems test • Unexpected power surge • Emergency shutdown was attempted • Larger power spike occurs • Reactor rupture and steam explosions • Graphite explosion • Nuclear fallout • Effects continue today

  4. Effects of the Accident • 31 deaths attributed to directly to accident • 64 confirmed deaths from radiation as of 2008 • Many more could die from effects of radiation • 400 times more radioactive material than Hiroshima • Immediate and long lasting effects of flora and fauna • Thyroid cancer is a major issue in the affected areas • Massive economic effects

  5. Ethical Violations of Chernobyl • The staff and engineers violated the following NSPE code of ethics: • “Engineers shall hold paramount the safety, health, and welfare of the public”

  6. Ethical Violation prevention IN Chernobyl • The nuclear engineers should have contained the reactor area properly in case of the explosion. • This would contained the radiation and kept it from spreading to such a large area

  7. Accident Prevention Of CHERNOBYL • The Engineers at Chernobyl could have designed the RBMK reactor very differently: • Avoid positive temperature coefficient of reactivity • Not putting moderator on the tips of control rods • Use a SCRAM system that responds in seconds instead of minutes • Add automatic lockouts to prevent operators from performing actions known to create unstable operating conditions • Provide a containment building

  8. Potential Ethical Issues In Our Project • Tracking food expiration dates • Users who have food allergies • Users on diet plans • Users on a budget • User data privacy

  9. Prevention of Ethical Violations • Provide early warning to users that foods they have are going to expire soon • Warn users if a food they are buying contains an ingredient they are allergic to • Warn users if they are buying foods that are outside of their diet plan restrictions • Warn users if they are spending more than the budget they set for themselves • Implement database security

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