NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Animals in lakes close to the Chernobyl nuclear reactor have more genetic mutations than those from further away-giving new insight into the effect of radiation on wild species, researchers at the University of Stirling have found.

Detailed explanation-2: -Abstract. In the initial aftermath of the 1986 Chernobyl accident there were detrimental effects recorded on wildlife, including, mass mortality of pine trees close to the reactor, reduced pine seed production, reductions in soil invertebrate abundance and diversity and likely death of small mammals.

Detailed explanation-3: -The meltdown and explosions ruptured the reactor core and destroyed the reactor building. This was immediately followed by an open-air reactor core fire which lasted until 4 May 1986, during which airborne radioactive contaminants were released and deposited onto other parts of the USSR and Europe.