Why is The Ghost of Chernobyl Still Persisted?
A destruction, an annihilation that only man can provoke, only man can prevent — Elie Wiesel
The Nuclear Accident
On April 26, 1986, A detonation and fire took place in Reactor Number four of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Before engineers and other people could get it in control, tons of highly radioactive substances were released into the aerosphere. The radioactive substances rained down not only on Chernobyl but all over Ukraine as well as the neighboring countries. Scientists approximate that the number of substances released was equivalent to four hundred times the radiation from the nuclear bomb dropped on Hiroshima. The Chernobyl accident residues are the largest peacetime nuclear disaster ever.
Medical significance
The enormous radiation killed thirty-one people within a shorter period of time, mainly plant workers and people close to the accident site who died of radiation illness. As time progressed it became very clear that the accident had left a number of serious long-term health issues for the people who reside in the area. These health issues were deteriorated by poverty, poor nutrition, and the absence of medical care in the region.
