Chernobyl

Nuclear fall outs have bad results for the environment. They cause horrifying mutations to all species (including humans), as well as they destroy the land in the area of the disaster, leaving animals and people without homes. High amounts of radiation can cause cancer and other health problems. Yet, some people still argue that the should be able to live in the restricted area of Chernobyl, the worst nuclear fallout in history, even though they could die from the exceedingly high amounts of radiation.
According to Chernobyl’s health and environment research association, workers were testing a new way to cool the core of the reactors in the Chernobyl power plant. The test failed and it triggered several large explosions in the fourth reactor. The explosion caused large amounts of radiation to be released into the environment. A huge cloud of radiation spread over most of Europe for about ten days following the disaster.
Due to the radiation, cancer and other illnesses were affecting the people in the area. Chernobyl’s Gallery stated “Nearly 400 million people resided in territories that were contaminated with radioactivity at a level higher than 4 kBq/m2 (0.11 Ci/km2) from April to July 1986. Nearly 5 million people (including, more than 1 million children) still live with dangerous levels of radioactive contamination in Belarus, Ukraine, and European Russia.” This evidence shows that today, even the area outside the restrictions still contain high amounts of radiation.
Humans weren’t the only things affected by the fallout though, animals also suffered greatly. Any animals within the disaster area were killed by the extreme radiation. Others have mutated in strange and unnatural ways. For example, years after the Chernobyl disaster, animals, like cattle, were born with extra limbs and tumors. From fish to birds all species were affected by Chernobyl. Even today, about 30 years after the disaster, animals are still found in Chernobyl with mutations and unnatural manners. But any organism that wasn’t killed in the disaster, definitely lost its habitat in the end. These strange mutations and severe habitat loss gives evidence to show that no living thing can live a healthy and productive life inside the restricted areas of Chernobyl.
There isn’t a solution to a Nuclear Fallout once it happens. But there are ways to prevent it from happening more. We need to stop building nuclear power plants where it will have a huge affect on population. We could start building them in less populated areas and even deserts.
In conclusion, the Chernobyl disaster was exceedingly dangerous, and still is today. If we let people into the restricted areas, we will have to provide for them, with government and resources, which won’t be easy. Even the fallout itself is a great example of how we need to be more careful with nuclear power, but letting people back into the restricted area would be disastrous.