Chernobylite
Technogenic mineral
Chernobylite is a technogenic compound, a crystalline zirconium silicate with a high (up to 10%) content of uranium as a solid solution.
It was discovered in the corium produced in the Chernobyl disaster, a lava-like glassy material formed in the nuclear meltdown of reactor core 4.[1][2][3] Chernobylite is highly radioactive due to its high uranium content and contamination by fission products.
See also
- Trinitite
- Elephant's foot
References
- ^ United States. Joint Publications Research Service; United States. Foreign Broadcast Information Service (1991). USSR report: Chemistry. Joint Publications Research Service. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
- ^ Richard Francis Mould (1 May 2000). Chernobyl Record: The Definitive History of the Chernobyl Catastrophe. CRC Press. pp. 128–. ISBN 978-0-7503-0670-6. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
- ^ Valeriy Soyfer "Chernobylite: Technogenic Mineral", Khimiya i Zhizn', No 11, Nov. 1990, p. 12, in Science & Technology USSR: Chemistry. JPRS Report. 27 March 1991. p. 29.
External links
- Pictures of Chernobylite (in Spanish)
- - The Most Dangerous Object On Earth!
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Chernobyl disaster
- Comparison with other radioactivity releases
- Comparison with Fukushima
- Cultural impact
- Deaths
- Elephant's Foot
- Groundwater contamination
- TORCH report
- Exclusion Zone
- Polesie Reserve
- Pripyat
- amusement park
- Azure swimming pool
- Avanhard stadium
- Energetik cultural palace
- Jupiter factory
- Polissya hotel
- Slavutych
- 2022 Russian capture of Chernobyl
- Chernobyl: Abyss (2021 film)
- Chernobyl (2019 miniseries)
- Chernobyl liquidators
- Chernobyl necklace
- Chernobylite
- Sarcophagus
- Samosely
- National Chernobyl Museum
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