ECOLOGY
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
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winds spread the radioactive material and polluted groundwater
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This nuclear explosion did not affect any other part of Europe
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People came from all over to visit Chernobyl and see the cracked reactor
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Chernobyl disaster caused serious radiation sickness and contamination. Between 50 and 185 million curies of radionuclides escaped into the atmosphere. Millions of acres of forest and farmland were contaminated, livestock was born deformed, and humans suffered long-term negative health effects.
Detailed explanation-2: -Radionuclides were scattered in the vicinity of the plant and over much of Europe. The Chernobyl fallout had a major impact on both agricultural and natural ecosystems in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine, as well as in many other European countries. Radionuclides were taken up by plants and later by animals.
Detailed explanation-3: -Substantial groundwater contamination is one of the gravest environmental impacts caused by the Chernobyl disaster.
Detailed explanation-4: -"If there is a massive explosion and a meltdown of the six reactors, then we could see contamination on a Chernobyl scale, probably two or three times as much, ” he said. Becker agreed, warning that a nuclear disaster in Ukraine would be catastrophic, with “both human and geopolitical” consequences.