" The Chernobyl disaster was an accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant on April 26, 1986 at 01:23 a.m., consisting of an explosion at the plant and subsequent radioactive contamination of the surrounding geographic area."

"The issue of long-term effects of Chernobyl disaster on civilians is controversial. Over 300,000 people were resettled because of the accident; millions lived and continue to live in the contaminated area. On the other hand, most of those affected received relatively low doses of radiation, there is little evidence of increased mortality – cancers or birth defects among them – and, when such evidence is present, existence of a causal link to radioactive contamination is uncertain. However, in 2000 the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR) stated: “Apart from the substantial increase in thyroid cancer after childhood exposure observed in Belarus, in the Russian Federation and in Ukraine, there is no evidence of a major public health impact related to ionizing radiation 14 years after the Chernobyl accident. No increases in overall cancer incidence or mortality that could be associated with radiation exposure have been observed.”"

(Wikipedia)

Acompanhem o trabalho do fotógrafo Paul Fusco, que visitou algumas das instituições nos locais afetados pela radiação e acompanhou de perto os desastres pessoais que ainda (sim, ainda, apesar do que é dito acima) afetam a população local.

Veja aqui:
Chernobyl Legacy, por Paul Fusco