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Posted on 4/27/16 at 7:43 pm
Posted on 4/27/16 at 7:43 pm
This happened...
and today, this remains...
The accident destroyed the Chernobyl 4 reactor, killing 30 operators and firemen within three months and several further deaths later. One person was killed immediately and a second died in hospital soon after as a result of injuries received. Another person is reported to have died at the time from a coronary thrombosisc. Acute radiation syndrome (ARS) was originally diagnosed in 237 people on-site and involved with the clean-up and it was later confirmed in 134 cases. Of these, 28 people died as a result of ARS within a few weeks of the accident. Nineteen more subsequently died between 1987 and 2004 but their deaths cannot necessarily be attributed to radiation exposured. Nobody off-site suffered from acute radiation effects although a large proportion of childhood thyroid cancers diagnosed since the accident is likely to be due to intake of radioactive iodine falloutd. Furthermore, large areas of Belarus, Ukraine, Russia and beyond were contaminated in varying degrees
and today, this remains...
The accident destroyed the Chernobyl 4 reactor, killing 30 operators and firemen within three months and several further deaths later. One person was killed immediately and a second died in hospital soon after as a result of injuries received. Another person is reported to have died at the time from a coronary thrombosisc. Acute radiation syndrome (ARS) was originally diagnosed in 237 people on-site and involved with the clean-up and it was later confirmed in 134 cases. Of these, 28 people died as a result of ARS within a few weeks of the accident. Nineteen more subsequently died between 1987 and 2004 but their deaths cannot necessarily be attributed to radiation exposured. Nobody off-site suffered from acute radiation effects although a large proportion of childhood thyroid cancers diagnosed since the accident is likely to be due to intake of radioactive iodine falloutd. Furthermore, large areas of Belarus, Ukraine, Russia and beyond were contaminated in varying degrees
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Posted on 4/27/16 at 8:05 pm to Alahunter
My wife is from Finland. She was in grad school in Helsinki at the time. The Soviets were 'remiss' in informing their neighbors in a timely manner about what was going on. In my wife's home area in east central Finland, she remembers super-sized berries and vegetables in the first years after the catastrophe, as well as other odd things. Thyroid cancer stats are disproportionally high in eastern Finland to this day.
Posted on 4/27/16 at 8:13 pm to SafetySam
Dang
Posted on 4/27/16 at 8:17 pm to Alahunter
Posted on 4/27/16 at 8:43 pm to VagueMessage
I see a Walker. 
Posted on 4/27/16 at 9:57 pm to Alahunter
Do they mention how close you have to be to be put at risk for ARS? How far the radiation expands? Where the radiation is most concentrated? Also, is there a map of the grounds?
Posted on 4/28/16 at 12:18 am to Alahunter
50,000 people used to live here. Now it's a ghost town...
Posted on 4/28/16 at 1:26 am to The_Joker
Probably my favorite video game of all time.
Posted on 4/28/16 at 6:39 am to Alahunter
I remember it. I was about to get married when it happened.
It will be a ghost town for a long time
It will be a ghost town for a long time
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