Chernobyl Disaster was a nuclear disaster happened at a place of Chernobyl in former USSR. Series of nuclear explosion accidents occurred in nuclear reactor and blew large amount of radio nuclides high into the atmosphere. The accident killed more than 30 people immediately and as a result of high radiation into the surrounding areas of 35 km radius, nearly 1,35000 people had to be evacuated. The casualties reported were:
- Several deaths
- Over 400million people were exposed to the radiation.
- Several diseases like ulcerate skin, nausea, loss of hair, bone cancer, thyroid cancer etc. were reported.
- Several agricultural fields, trees, shrubs, plants etc. affected with radiation.
- Economical impact to the country. Other countries stopped import of food materials from USSR in fright of radiation effect.
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