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[[File:Chernobyl_burning-aerial_view_of_core.jpg|200px|right|The cracked reactor and resulting leak depicted from the only known aerial photograph of the incident.]] | [[File:Chernobyl_burning-aerial_view_of_core.jpg|200px|right|The cracked reactor and resulting leak depicted from the only known aerial photograph of the incident.]] | ||
Situated deep in the [[Roln]] province in [[Ultmar]], the [[ | Situated deep in the [[Roln]] province in [[Ultmar]], the [[Science_and_Technology_in_Burgundie#Nuclear_Power|Sedane Nuclear powerplant]] was completed in [[1969]]. This was the third nuclear power reactor in [[Burgundie]] and the first intended for commercial use. Due to the national excitement and massive potential for profit the bidding process of fierce and rife with controversy. It is speculated that 14 people died as a result of the bidding war and a number of construction companies were either closed for bankruptcy or charged with fraud by the [[Revenue Guard]]. The winning bid, by ReFitte Advanced Systems, was to create a massive 4 reactor plant with the potential to power all of [[Roln]] and the southern quarter of [[Marves]]. However, a surveyor was bribed to change the location of the proposed site and it was built on a fault-line. This was not detected by others involved with the construction and the surveyor dead of an apparent accident caused by drunken driving. Some accounts of the number who died as a result of the plant bidding process include his death as the 15th associated with the war. | ||
Construction started in [[1967]] and was very much a national spectacle. This was during [[History_of_Burgundie#The_Great_Tumult|The Great Tumult]] so the positive distraction was much needed. In [[1974]] a minor earthquake became a major catastrophe as the shifting ground caused the shielding around the reactor to crack and a moderate leak developed. The reactor was shut down and a 150 square kilometer area had to be cordoned off to contain the release of radioactive material. 340,000 people were forcibly evicted within the first week of the disaster but not before many of them had already been exposed to high doses of radiation. It is estimated that 1,280 people died of exposure within the first 10 years of the disaster and innumerable others died of or are currently battling various radiologic diseases like cancer as a result of their exposure. The XII Engineer Battalion of the II Infantry Legion and the L Combat Engineer Regiment of the IV Field Sustainment Brigade were both mobilized to help the immediate response. Both units sustained losses of over 30% on the first three days of the containment effort. Additional units were activated to facilitate the response and evacuation, but none suffered as badly as the first two. The responders from the XII Engineer Battalion and the L Combat Engineer Regiment were awarded the Hero of the Burgundian Empire and the units were given the Ribbon of Selfless Service. | Construction started in [[1967]] and was very much a national spectacle. This was during [[History_of_Burgundie#The_Great_Tumult|The Great Tumult]] so the positive distraction was much needed. In [[1974]] a minor earthquake became a major catastrophe as the shifting ground caused the shielding around the reactor to crack and a moderate leak developed. The reactor was shut down and a 150 square kilometer area had to be cordoned off to contain the release of radioactive material. 340,000 people were forcibly evicted within the first week of the disaster but not before many of them had already been exposed to high doses of radiation. It is estimated that 1,280 people died of exposure within the first 10 years of the disaster and innumerable others died of or are currently battling various radiologic diseases like cancer as a result of their exposure. The XII Engineer Battalion of the II Infantry Legion and the L Combat Engineer Regiment of the IV Field Sustainment Brigade were both mobilized to help the immediate response. Both units sustained losses of over 30% on the first three days of the containment effort. Additional units were activated to facilitate the response and evacuation, but none suffered as badly as the first two. The responders from the XII Engineer Battalion and the L Combat Engineer Regiment were awarded the Hero of the Burgundian Empire and the units were given the Ribbon of Selfless Service. | ||