Thursday, March 17, 2011

From Chernobyl To Fukushima


 At 1:23 AM, 26 April 1986. An explosion broke the silence in the morning in the town of Chernobyl, Ukraine. According to the atomic world (IEAA), the blast threw the nuclear materials that cause radiation 400 times greater than the Hiroshima atomic bomb. And now almost 25 years after the disaster, the Japanese public fear created by the blast Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Four nuclear reactors exploded due to the cooling system failed after a 8.9 magnitude quake that shook the earthquake last Friday.
Residents became worried, they fear that if this explosion will be triggered due as happened in Chernobyl tragedy in 1986 ago. But Japanese officials assured, that this explosion is not the same as what happened toin Ukrainian State first . The explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear plant explosion that occurred throughout history.

The impact of the explosion at Chernobyl is very broad. WHO said about nine thousand people affected by the blast of radiation. Meanwhile, according to Green peace reaches 93 thousand inhabitants. The impact of these radiation effects include cancer and birth defects due to mutations in the gene. Until now the rehabilitation for the victims of Chernobyl still continues. Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus still continue to bear responsibility for the cost of decontamination and health care for victims of radiation effects.
The great Chernobyl explosion ejects steam containing radioactive iodine 131, cesium 137, and 400 times the volume of xenon with Hirhoshima atomic bombs that spread to the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, Western Europe, Northern Europe, even the United States.

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