Chernobyl Disaster

In Ukrain during 1986 the city of Chernobyl was devistated by a huge nuclear melt down. It was caused by inexperienced employs operating a nuclear reactor.This caused the reactor to release radiation from its core, the night of the accident two of the workers died instantly. After two weeks have passed a total of 28 people have died from the radiation poisoning, and they had to evacuate the entire city after this. But it did not stop there 19 more people died after they left the city due to the radiation already being in their body. Even to this day the city is still highly radioactive and will kill anything that tries to live there. Source http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/safety-and-security/safety-of-plants/chernobyl-accident/