Imagine that you sleep one night and wake up in the morning to find out that an entire city in your country has been destroyed in a jiffy. Something similar happened to the people of Ukraine on 26 April 1986. Actually, on this date, an explosion took place at the Chernobyl nuclear plant located in Pripyat, a city in Ukraine. This explosion was so terrible that it killed the entire city in a jiffy. Let us tell you about it in detail today.
Chernobyl disaster
26 April 1986. On this day, one of the most horrific and devastating nuclear disasters of the 20th century, the Chernobyl disaster, occurred. It was so horrific that it is called the world’s worst nuclear accident. Actually, this incident occurred due to the fourth reactor of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant located near a small city named Pripyat in Ukraine (then part of the Soviet Union). After this accident, not only the Soviet Union, but the whole world was seriously worried about the safe use of nuclear energy.
The night of the incident
On 25 April 1986, at around 1:23 am, during a routine safety test, the fourth reactor suddenly exploded at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. This explosion was so big that it blew off the roof of the reactor building and a large amount of radioactive material spread into the atmosphere. Due to this accident, the core of the reactor was completely destroyed and radioactive elements spread in the surrounding areas. Due to the accident, first two employees died, then other employees present in the nuclear plant died. All these people became victims of radiation. Gradually it increased and many people died.
Cancer outbreak
According to the report of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, due to the radioactive substances spread due to the explosion in the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, about 28 employees working in this plant died within 4 months. A total of 31 people died directly due to this accident. But this sequence did not stop here. This accident made people sick for decades.
According to a report, due to the radioactive substances spread in the air due to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident, about 20 thousand cases of thyroid and cancer were registered in this city from 1991 to 2015. The most important thing is that most of these patients were below 18 years of age.
According to the report of the National Science Research Laboratory, due to the radioactive material that spread in the air due to this accident, all the trees around the Chernobyl nuclear power plant died. The entire forest became desolate and later this forest came to be known as the Red Forest. This is because due to radiation, the color of the trees here later turned red.
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