| Politics:
The Aftermath and Countries Involved
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The
explosion at Chernobyl left the planet with the biggest mess humankind
has ever made. Unlike the messes left by earthquakes, volcanoes, tidal
waves, and wars, this one cannot be cleaned up. Unless some unforeseen
technology finds a way to sweep up the isotopes and somehow convert them
to harmless atoms, Chernobyl's radioactivity will probably outlive
civilization. Given the seriousness of the problem - the thousands of lives at stake, the billions of dollars involved - it is only natural for blame to fly wild and clues to the truth to be hidden, distorted, and destroyed. Today, the steel-and-concrete
sarcophagus still stands around the ruins of Reactor Four. Somehow it
must remain intact for the next several thousand years. Much of the fuel
that melted poured into the basement of the building. No one has
actually seen - to go anywhere near it would result in instant death. |
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