The+Chernobyl+Disaster


 * by Adam, Grade 5**

The nuclear disaster in Chernobyl was important because many people died from it. The disaster began on April 26, 1986, in Chernobyl, Ukraine. It was caused by a surge of power that destroyed the reactor and released a lot of radio-active material. It polluted the ar by the water because while there was smoke coming out of the place firemen took the hoses and sprayed it, which kept polluting the air. Air pollution spread so it affected Russia, Pripyat and Belarus. The workers tried to contain the radiation but it was too strong. Workers had to go inside to see how the nuclear power worked. The radiation levels were too high to go in. Most workers died.

The amount of radiation spread was from Ukraine to Belarus. A town called Pripyat had to evacuate because there was radiation passing by in the air. Twenty workers died in the first four months. A hundred and thirty four had radiation sickness.

Today Japan is suffering the same thing. Japan had an earthquake and a tsunami. A nuclear station in Japan collapsed and radiation came out. The same thing happened with the hoses and the air pollution. Some radiation affected the sea, which affected our fish.