30 Years to the days since Chernobyl Disaster...

[rich17865]

Originally Posted by Leyland Worldmaster

The regime at the time tried really hard to cover it up didn't they? I can't help thinking that your mother is absolutely correct; looking at images of the spread of the cloud that carried the radiation across Europe; listening to people who live in neighboring countries telling me they were given iodine; and the restrictions that Steve mentioned above... it must be the case...

I believe Sweden alerted the rest of the world, as they noticed high radiation levels a couple of days after the explosion.

It was only then that it was announced.

[Saga Lout]

Originally Posted by Leyland Worldmaster

One of my earliest memories of a major event... some real heroes though; in an age where such a term is somewhat overused; The Liquidators were a group of people sent in to clean up immediately afterwards; the helicopter pilots and crews spraying concrete over the reactor so try to contain the radiation.

They all knew the dangers and went ahead anyway.

I also remember that it affected the UK with certain farms not being able to sell their meat milk etc...

I sincerely hope we don't witness another disaster like it.

Every single one of them Died, I remember that we had radioactive sheep in the UK and there was a ban on selling them.

[topman]

I think about 30 odd people died from the explosion and from the radiation afterwards. They are starting to repopulate parts of Belarus but the actual site won't be cleaned up completely for another 50 years.