LESSONS FROM CHERNOBYL
The article analyzes the causes of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power station on April 26, 1986. The authors believe that the 1986 accident at the 4th power unit resulted from extremely unlikely coincidence of circumstances. Both the design features of the RBMK reactor and the gross violations of its operation regulations by the personnel were the main contributing factors to the disaster development. The main lesson learned from the accident and its consequences, the elimination of which is still continuing to date, is the need for careful attitude to issues of safe use of the achievements of scientific and technological progress in such critical infrastructure facilities as nuclear power plants