On April 26th, 1986 the World's worst nuclear power accident occurred at Chernobyl in the former USSR (now Ukraine). The Chernobyl nuclear power plant located 80 miles north of Kiev had 4 reactors and while testing reactor number 4 numerous safety procedures were disregarded. At 1:23am the chain reaction in the reactor became out of control creating explosions and a fireball that blew off the reactor's heavy steel and concrete lid. Radioactive debris spewed to a height of 1 km and radioactive gasses and fallout were carried as far the United States. This disaster has displaced more than four hundred thousand people, been linked to over two thousand radiation exposure related deaths, contaminated the nearby lands and livestock, and has made a impact globally..
ly four hundred thousand people have been evacuated and relocated. They have become environmental refugees, unable to return home. The areas they have left have become a radioactive desert comprised of no-entry areas covering thousands of acres of land fenced off with barbed wire. Approximately 2,000 towns and villages in Belarus and the Ukraine, just north of Chernobyl, have been evacuated. Between 3 and 5 million people, including 2 million children, in the Ukraine live in radioactive zones. In the radioactive zone areas there are bans on children walking in forests or in rain, playing in the parks, and picking wild berries or flowers due to the high levels of radiation. Parents that live in these zones must check local radiation levels before allowing their children out to school.
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