THE BHOPAL DISASTER - Night Of Death
It was one of the worst industrial accidents in history that occurred on the night of 2-3 December 1984 at the UNION CARBIDE INDIA LIMITED (UCIL) pesticide manufacturing plant in Bhopal, MP. About 45 tons of dangerous methyl isocyanate gas leaked from an insecticide factory owned by the Indian branch of the American firm UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION. HOW DID IT HAPPEN ???? At the beginning of December 1984, the company began to manufacture many safety valves, which were already in poor condition, even for the pressure control in the E610 tank, they introduced water, which, due to an exothermic reaction, increased the pressure and temperature of the tank to an uncontrollable level. The reason for the Bhopal gas leak is also the presence of methyl isocyanide in an iron vessel with corroding stainless steel piping. Initially, the tank pressure was 2 psi at 10:30 p.m. and reached 10 psi by 11 p.m. By 11:30 p.m., workers in the MIC area expe