Chernobyl nuclear powerstation disaster 1986

Hi,

Nuclear energy and nuclear power-stations became popular in the 1970s.
In 1986, a power-station in Soviet Russia at a place called Chernobyl was once of the 10 worst ecological disasters that change the world.

A colourless, odourless and highly radioactive gas and dust was produced at the nuclear power-station station which rose high up into the air and within 1 month, one-third of the people who worked and lived in the vicinity had died of radiation sickness.

Radioactive particles in the air will get distributed far and wide by the wind and will finally settle down when the rain washes the air. Once on the ground, it will be absorbed by the plants and it will pass through the food chain. It will end up in vegetables, fruits, milk and meat.

Radioactive iodine is particularly harmful as it gets concentrated very quickly in the thyroid glands. These glands are very active in babies and children as the hormone, thyroxine controls metabolic rates and growth. Thyroid cancer will cause death in children exposed to radioactive iodine.

Even up to now, 25 years later, the place is still out of bounds and uninhabitable.