Chernobyl disaster

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The Chernobyl disaster was the worst disaster of  nuclear power generation accident in history, occuring in 1986 at the Chernobyl nuclear power station in the Soviet Union. The Chernobyl nuclear power station was located 10 miles (16 kilometres) northwest of Chernobyl (Ukrainian: Chornobyl) and 65 miles (104 kilometres) north of Kyiv, Ukraine. The station had four reactors, each capable of generating 1,000 megawatts of electricity, and it had been operational from 1977 to 1983.

A turbine test on one of the reactors at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant went tragically wrong on April 26, 1986, resulting in a sequence of explosions that sprayed large amounts of radioactive material into the atmosphere. The tragedy claimed only 31 lives at first: two plant workers who perished in the blasts, a third who apparently died of a heart attack, and 28 first responders who contracted acute radiation sickness during the hectic early stages of the cleanup, which the Soviet authorities attempted to conceal. Chernobyl, on the other hand, sparked a thyroid cancer epidemic and is likely to have resulted in extra cancer cases. A United Nations-backed group estimated the final death toll at up to 4,000 people in 2005, while other groups put the figure far higher. An exclusion zone established up around the facility following the forcible evacuation of tens of thousands of inhabitants will be off limits to human settlement for maybe generations.

Chernobyl nowadays

An exclusion zone of 30 kilometres around the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant still exists today. The abandoned buildings in Prypyat, which previously served the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, deteriorate slowly following the evacuation, and trees grow on its boulevards. Despite the fact that Chernobyl does not have formal museum status, Breus believes it is a museum. The Chernobyl Tour Operators Association has even grander plans for it. It has been trying for some years to have the exclusion zone designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. 

Is it safe to visit Chernobyl?

Ukrainian officials declared the location safe for tourists nearly a decade ago, promising that trips would be rigorously monitored. Thousands of individuals have visited the Chernobyl exclusion zone since then. [5 Commonly Used Radioactive Items]

True, high doses of radiation can cause tissue damage and severe illness, as well as raise the risk of cancer. However, radiation is a natural element of the environment, and people all around the world are exposed to it every day. According to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, this includes terrestrial radiation emitted by the Earth, internal radiation produced by living organisms, and cosmic radiation emitted by the sun and stars (NRC).