• Question: what do you think the the chernobyl and fukushima nuclear disasters do the atmosphere?

    Asked by !POW! to Megan, Mzamo, Ola, Olivia, Weiyi on 14 Nov 2016.
    • Photo: Megan Seymour

      Megan Seymour answered on 14 Nov 2016:

      These disasters caused the release of large amounts of radioactivity into the atmosphere, both as radioactive gases and small particles of radioactive solid. After Chernobyl, high levels of radiation reached as far as the UK.

      Some of the radioactive chemicals released decay very slowly, so are still present in the affected areas today. For this reason all over Europe on farms that are known to have been contaminated by the chemicals, animals are still tested for radioactivity before they are allowed to be killed for meat.

    • Photo: Olivia Ashton

      Olivia Ashton answered on 15 Nov 2016:

      They put a lot of radiation into the atmosphere, which has an effect on livings things – it can cause mutations for example.

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