The meltdown and explosion of reactor number 4 at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant site in Ukraine 30 years ago was the worst nuclear accident in history. The reactor explosion and high radiation exposure killed 30 employees a few weeks after the explosion. The crippled plant spewed radioactive particiels across swathes of Europe for days afterwards. An increased risk of cancer is one of the chief concerns about exposure to nuclear radiation.
Greenpeace asserted in 2006 that Chernobyl’s death toll largely from cancer would exceed 200,000. In 2010, a book by Russian researchers estimated the toll as 1 million people. In …read more
Source: Reason.com
