The Benefits and Risks of the Nuclear Age (HSC SSCE Modern History): Flashcards
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Date of Eisenhower's 'Atoms for Peace' speech
Date of Eisenhower's 'Atoms for Peace' speech
December 1953
Year IAEA was established
Year IAEA was established
1957
Year of Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)
Year of Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)
1968
% of global electricity from nuclear power (2018)
% of global electricity from nuclear power (2018)
11%
Number of nuclear reactors worldwide (2018)
Number of nuclear reactors worldwide (2018)
Approximately 449
Date of Chernobyl nuclear disaster
Date of Chernobyl nuclear disaster
26 April 1986
Immediate deaths from Chernobyl explosion
Immediate deaths from Chernobyl explosion
32 people
Size of Chernobyl Exclusion Zone (km²)
Size of Chernobyl Exclusion Zone (km²)
2,600 square kilometres
Date of Fukushima nuclear disaster
Date of Fukushima nuclear disaster
11 March 2011
Estimated cleanup time for Fukushima (years)
Estimated cleanup time for Fukushima (years)
30 to 40 years