Chernobyl Chernobyl was the greatest nuclear disaster of the 20th century. On April 26th, 1986, one of four nuclear reactors located in the Soviet Union melted down and contaminated a vast area of Eastern Europe. The meltdown, a result of human error, lapsed safety precautions, and lack of a containment vessel, was barely contained by dropping sand and releasing huge amounts of deadly radioactive isotopes into the atmosphere. The resulting contamination killed or injured hundreds of …showed first 75 words of 449 total…

…showed last 75 words of 449 total…power, and conservation should be utilized to replace nuclear power plants and return the world to a society not threatened by radioactive disasters. Governments around the world need to acknowledge that there is no safe source of nuclear energy and the sooner they face this truth, the better off the world and all of its inhabitants will be. Nuclear power is costly to maintain and build. But, most importantly, they are dangerous and not necessary.