Chernobyl, 20 years after

by Mathew on April 22, 2006 · Comments

April 26th is the 20th anniversary of the most horrific nuclear accident in history, when the Chernobyl reactor in Ukraine blew up during a routine test, blasting the 1,000-pound roof of the main reactor building into the air and spreading radioactive waste over much of the northern part of the country and nearby Belarus. Some parts of the Chernobyl region will be contaminated with hazardous levels of radioactivity for 100 years or more, and residents have suffered from high levels of cancerous tumours and other birth defects. Photographer Robert Knoth has documented some of the victims in a photo essay. To see more, click on the picture.

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  • Brendan
    ok ok im not being a jerk and making fun of the kid But admict it his face is like

    O.o
    im a real idiot im making fun of the KID and now im in a bad moodabs
  • thais
    April 26th is the 20th anniversary of the most horrific nuclear accident in history, when the Chernobyl reactor in Ukraine blew up during a routine test, blasting the 1,000-pound roof of the main reactor building into the air and spreading radioactive waste over much of the northern part of the country and nearby Belarus. Some parts of the Chernobyl region will be contaminated with hazardous levels of radioactivity for 100 years or more, and residents have suffered from high levels of cancerous tumours and other birth defects. Photographer Robert Knoth has documented some of the victims in a photo essay. To see more, click on the picture.
  • ussr
    Fuck off american freaks!!!!!!
  • Name
    dude the guy is an idiot. above he says the 1,000 POUND roof blew and the radioactive chemicals went into the air, but when you click on the picture above, on the second page, it says 1,000 TON roof blew and the radioactive chemicals went into the air. 1 ton=1,000 kg 1,000 tons=1,000,000 kg
    1 lb= ~0.45kg 1,000 tons DOES NOT EQUAL 1,000 pounds!!!!!!!!
  • gabriel
    100 years is not true... it´s a wrong... are 24,000 years
    :( !!! fuck you gorbachov
  • Name
    no its a little over a hundred, those studies weren't accurate
  • melanie
    ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
  • jan
    Images very harsh and painful
    A big hug all those wonderful people who have suffered so much, the magnitude of the disaster and its unexpected consequences in space do not do more to make us reflect on safety in the exploitation of energy so dangerous.
  • Peter Cranstone
    Let this be a lesson - Iran has no idea what it's playing with.
  • Andrey Gorinov
    Iran doesnt have a nuclear power plant... After what happened in Chernobyl and then those people who got lucky in the 3-mile island, no one wants a power plant. Anywhere!!
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