Chernobylite Explained

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

External links

• Pictures of Chernobylite (in Spanish)
• - The Most Dangerous Object On Earth!

Notes and References

1. Book: United States. Joint Publications Research Service. United States. Foreign Broadcast Information Service. USSR report: Chemistry. 20 July 2012. 1991. Joint Publications Research Service..
2. Book: Richard Francis Mould. Chernobyl Record: The Definitive History of the Chernobyl Catastrophe. 20 July 2012. 1 May 2000. CRC Press. 978-0-7503-0670-6. 128–.
3. 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.