Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster

Chernobyl is located near the Ukraines border with Belarus. On April 27 1986, the city was evacuated after the Chernobyl disaster happened at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. This incident was the most disastrous nuclear accident in history. There were cities built around Chernobyl for the workers at the power plant which had to be evacuated. After this accident, the city was never repopulated and it is known today as a ghost town. The incident occurred when a reactor in the power plant exploded after tests were done the wrong way which lead to a loss of control in the operating system. In order to limit exposure to radiation, the workers were then restricted to time spent there. They did not have the knowledge we know today, so to clean up the mess workers would wear gas masks in a jumpsuit and clean up the radioactive dirt with shovels. But now there are actually more animals that live there than before. The effects of radiation are interesting where some trees still have the same red color after all these years. I wonder how dangerous it really is to visit there today.