The Chernobyl Accident - 22 Years Later

"50,000 people used to live here, now its a ghost town." Those few words explain it all. On April 26, 1986, at 1:23:40 AM, reactor number four near Pripyat, Ukraine suffered a catastrophic steam explosion, causing a nuclear meltdown. A cloud of highly radioactive material was sent for hundreds of thousands of miles in every direction. The radioactive material that was disperssed was approximately 30 to 40 times more than what happened in Hiroshima, and is still present today. The exclusion area, as it is now called, is heavily guarded by soldiers. The radiation levels are still almost 50 times more than what is considered natural. Staying in the area closest to the explosion can cause severe radiation poising. The reactor that exploded over 20 years ago is now enclosed in a giant concrete shelter to keep the remaining radiation particles inside. The Chernobyl accident was the only incident in history to reach the highest level on the International Nuclear Event Scale, a level 7, which requires "a major accident." The incident resulted in 56 direct deaths to the explosion, and 4,000 other people in the nuclear fallout. In total, 366,000 people were forced to leave their homes on that fateful April day, and ordered to only take one suitcase, and they were told they would return in 3 days. It has been 20 years since Chernobyl has been inhabited, and any future attempt of settling the area is very slim. "50,000 people used to live here, now its a ghost town."

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[TehScottyBoy]

@paci2x Too bad they didn't invent that quote. They just stole it.

BTW nice triple post.

That's basically a new level of fail right there.

[geordieboy234]

While watching this, all i can think is CoD 4...

[thedex050]

@xXMrMal1Xx 50,000 People used to live here...Now its a ghost town

[xXMrMal1Xx]

50,000 people... now its a ghost town.

[kaustav1933]

i randomly drifted to here watched the clock...its exactly 0124 hrs. (indian ST) ...so it was like this dark night that the incident occurred..RIP heroes of motherland

[TheTotalDeztruction]

it's good place for airsoft battles :DD

[ZackDunlapGaming]

@gothika131 that was the sound byte from cod4

[XxTangoDownxX1]

People are grading it now sounds like tango's where's my ghillie suit

[gothika131]

0:30 they said that quote in Modern warfare (call of duty 4)

[Rezkoh]

@mufc4527

yes, there very much so is enough to wipe Europe out. late reply I know, but think of it this way, why haven't people populated the surrounding areas yet?

[ichwohnt]

are u able to go into the actual city or is it higly radiated or is it just where the reactor and station is

[uGzConnor]

@M21cat what the fuck cunt i was just saying prick