NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Chernobyl disaster occurred on April 25 and 26, 1986, at the Chernobyl nuclear power station in the Soviet Union. It is one of the worst disasters in the history of nuclear power generation.

Detailed explanation-2: -Independent Ukraine (1991–present) With the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, Chernobyl remained part of Ukraine within the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone which Ukraine inherited from the Soviet Union.

Detailed explanation-3: -However, the releases affected large areas of Europe to some degree. Over 200 000 km2, of which 71% are in the three most affected countries (Belarus, Russia and Ukraine) were contaminated with caesium-137, which has a 30-year half-life.

Detailed explanation-4: -View of the Chernobyl nuclear power station after the explosion on April 26, 1986, in Chernobyl, Ukraine. CHERNOBYL, Ukraine-Sophia Arkadiyivna remembers when the Soviet Union built the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in 1977, just 20 miles from the village where she served as mayor.