Chernobyl Disaster
On April 26, 1986 the city of Chernobyl in Russia, a city of about 12,500 inhabitants, suffered a major disaster when a nuclear reactor exploded releasing several tons of radiation into that area. The city was completely evacuated but many of it’s former inhabitants, especially the children continue to suffer from this epidemic often dubbed as one of the most catastrophic accidents of our time. If you click on the picture above it will take you to a website that will play a slide show with photographs of the victims.
The irony of the whole thing is that even though the area sustained a massive amount of radiation and toxic chemicals it has completely rebounded since the absence of people. Nature has come and reclaimed the area and animals there are experiencing a population boom. Go figure…
