The Worst Nuclear Disaster: The Chernobyl Disaster

Energy is an invaluable resource for most of the world. The capabilities we have with this power is astounding, but with this power must come the respect of its handling. During the cold war in soviet Russia, the Chernobyl nuclear power plant was providing the resources of energy throughout the area. On April 26, 1986, the decisions made by Deputy chief engineer Dyatlov and his night staff will bring about one of the worst nuclear incidents in human history. The Chernobyl disaster was the “result of a flawed reactor design that was operated with inadequately trained personnel” and “the resulting lack of any safety culture” (World Nuclear Association). The incident was made possible due to a test on reactor number 4. “The Immediate

"Act only on that maxim through which you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law [of nature]"(Gaskill). Under this understanding, Dyatlov should of put his action in the same scope that if every other nuclear plant were to operate the same way by rushing through processes and ignoring safety procausions, would he feel comfortable about it. The answer should be no because he and his staff would want every plant to operate as safely as possible to prevent any kind of incident that could possibly affect them and their

The Idea that everyone who makes a decision, should be held to the concept that if you do this then everyone else should, makes a striking argument of judgement on one’s character. The staff aside, Dyatlov was presumably the most qualified engineer, meaning he should have had some idea what his actions were capable of doing. If for at least one moment, he stopped and thought about other plants doing the same thing under the same conditions, he would of probably had the better judgement to stop the test until the heating rods was