By: Bri Becher & Tyann Folkerts
A nuclear power plant in Ukraine Located in the city of Pripyat 6 reactors at the plant l_Disaster.jpg/200px-Chernobyl_Disaster.jpg
A nuclear meltdown Reactor #4 melted on April 26, 1986 It continued to burn for many days
Large amounts of radiation Caused thyroid, leukemia and non-thyroid solid cancer Cardiovascular disease and Cataracts in eyes 500,000 workers effected Received the most radiation Food and water sources are still contaminated Cost an estimated 18 billion rubles (579,667,000,000 US dollars) to clean up