Assessing the Chernobyl Disaster’s Health and Environmental Impact

The Environmental and Health Impact of Chernobyl Disaster

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Introduction

An atomic accident that occurred at Chernobyl nuclear power plant in northern Ukraine in 1986 emitted massive radioactive constituents into the atmosphere. The materials released was 400 times greater than that of Hiroshima nuclear bomb. The misfortune devastated the Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl, leaving thirty operators and firefighters dead within few months. The person died on the spot followed by the other who suffered brutal injuries but later pass away in the hospital. Health centers diagnosed about 235 individuals with Acute Radiation Syndrome (ARS), out of which 28 died of the syndrome within a few weeks of the incident. Thyroid cancers diagnosis in childhood increased because the consumption of radioactive iodine fallout. The contaminated areas were Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus.

Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant