Back in 2006, the World Health Organization identified that the social and psychological impacts of Chernobyl on people have been greater than the health effects from radiation. Experts estimate anywhere from 20 years to several hundred years, because the contamination levels are not consistent in the surrounding area.ĭespite misleading headlines, Chernobyl is recovering.
In a broader sense, it’s harder to say for sure how long it will be until Chernobyl is completely safe. There are a lot of scientific publications where you can find such numbers as 300 years, 800 years, but the highly publicized number is 20,000 years – that refers specifically to the Elephant’s Foot, the highly radioactive remains of the reactor itself. Well, it depends on which part of Chernobyl you’re talking about. How long until Chernobyl will be completely safe? In the Chernobyl Zone, more than 400 species of vertebrates have been recorded: Nowadays, the vast majority of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone wildlife is flourishing, not because radiation is good for the ecosystem, but because of the virtual absence of human activities for 35 years. Chernobyl tourists will receive a dose of radiation during 1 day tour not exceed 3-4 microsieverts (3-4% of nuclear power plant safety norms in EU), which is equivalent to around 4 hours on an intercontinental flight. Radiation is scary, conjuring up images of atomic bombs, mutation and cancer, but we don’t forget that we are all continuously exposed to natural radioactivity from soil, rocks and space. HBO’s recent dramatisation Chernobyl showed the horrors of the accident itself, but what are the radiation risks to people visiting the area? More than three decades ago the world looked on in horror when the Unit 4 reactor at the Chernobyl NPP caught fire. But Chernobyl’s Exclusion Zone isn’t a radioactive desert. No one doubts that the immediate ecological effects of the Chernobyl disaster were devastating.
#1 CHERNOBYL RECOVERYĬhernobyl has become a byword for catastrophe. To honor this commemorative event, until the anniversary of the accident, which happened on April 26th in 1986, we prepared 35 facts about Chernobyl Exclusion Zone Today. In 35 days will be International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day. April 2021 will see the 35th anniversary of the the world’s worst nuclear disaster – the explosion at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.
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