ECOLOGY
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
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Radioactive material (fallout) fell on surrounding countries.
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It killed all life within a 1, 000 mile radius of the meltdown (explosion).
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It made the area around the reactor uninhabitable for thousands of years (20, 000).
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When the nuclear disaster occurred (1986), Ukraine was part of the Soviet Union.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Chernobyl disaster occurred when technicians at nuclear reactor Unit 4 attempted a poorly designed experiment. They shut down the reactor’s power-regulating system and its emergency safety systems, and they removed control rods from its core while allowing the reactor to run at 7 percent power.
Detailed explanation-2: -However, the psychological effects of Chernobyl remain widespread and profound resulting in suicides, alcohol abuse and apathy. Most emergency workers and people living in contaminated areas received relatively low whole-body radiation doses, according to a United Nations study published in 2008.
Detailed explanation-3: -The official death toll directly attributed to Chernobyl that is recognized by the international community is just 31 people with the UN saying it could be 50. However, hundreds of thousands of “liquidators” were sent in to put out the fire at the nuclear power plant and clean up the Chernobyl site afterwards.