Wednesday 7 December 2011

Chernobyl, Ukraine

On the 26th of April 1986 there was a meltdown at the nuclear factory in Chernobyl; an explosion at the factory released a large toxin gas into the atmosphere around Europe, poisoning many habitats and the people of Europe. This lead to the immediate evacuation of the local town, 75,000 people from their homes relocating them in a safer area around Ukraine. Now all of the towns surrounding the factory have been empty since the disaster and will remain to be for many more decades as the factory is still leaking out radiation into the surrounding area. In 8 countries across Europe it was found that these Gamma radiations had affected many people and was influencing Cancer and respiratory diseases leaving many people exposed and at high risk.

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