1. The Chernobyl Disaster
... years and will continually affect people because there is nothing that can be done to stop the radiation that is stuck in Chernobyl. Political tension was probably the chief cause to the failure of the fourth reactor; it definitely was a direct cause of the adverse effect on the people of Chernobyl and the ... not evacuated immediately after the accident.'" Even though they knew of the danger the Communist Government refused to evacuate cities and towns; this angered many people in the Soviet Union. Valentine Budko, an official in the Narodichi district about forty miles from Chernobyl s...
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- Grade Level: Undergraduate