Postcards from Nuclear Disasters

As previously mentioned, nuclear disasters are a danger of nuclear energy and their effects can be devastating. The world has experienced three major nuclear catastphones- the Chernobyl disaster in Ukraine (USSR at the time) in 1986, Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in Japan in 2011 and the Three Mile Island accident in 1979. This post is a post of photos of the potential aftermath of nuclear catastrophes concentrating on Chernobyl as that was the worst catastrophe ever seen and the Fukushima Disaster as that occurred very recently.

 Figure 1.

Source. Deserted house in Chernobyl.

Figure 2.

Source. The abandones seating area at the hospital in Chernobyl, Ukraine.

Figure 3.

Source. Gas masks left strewn across the floor inside one of the classrooms in the school in Chernobyl.

Figure 4.

Source. The Ferris Wheel, which used to be a local landmark is now deserted in Chernobyl

Figure 5.

Source. Disturbing post Chernobyl genetic mutations caused by radiation.

Figure 6.

Source. Fukushima disaster occurring.

Figure 7.

Source.  Fukushima post disaster.

Following the photographs, there is also a short video I’d like to share, which has been produced recently, almost 20 years after the Chernobyl disaster. It is called  “Postcards from Pripyat, Chernobyl” and whilst it is weirdly beautiful and aesthetic derelict city, it also sends shivers down your spine whilst you watch it. The most worrying thing is that after Chernobyl disaster The Chernobyl reactor was enclosed in a large concrete sarcophagus. The lifespan of the old sarcophagus was meant to be 30 years and a new one was to be constructed by 2005 however the although the construction has began, it keeps getting delayed and it is very slow due to financial and political reasons. The old sarcophagus is rapidly falling apart and no one really known what would happen if it was to collapse. The site surrounding the reactor still has abnormally high radiation levels and one can only imagine what would happen if radiation is allowed to escape from the reactor below the sarcophagus once again.