Exploring the world's most radioactive locations beyond Chernobyl and Fukushima

The Ukrainian Chernobyl and the Japanese Fukushima are the most famous radioactive places on the world map. However, there are more such areas on our planet. Places where high levels of radiation are observed also exist in, among others, the United Kingdom, Russia, and the United States.

The biggest nuclear disaster in Western countries occurred in the United Kingdom - reports the Focus portal. In 1957, at the Sellafield nuclear waste processing plant, the nuclear reactor core caught fire. As a result of contact with radioactive waste, at least 100 people died - the British government reported in 1988. However, studies from 2007 showed that there were more victims. 240 people were reported to have developed cancer, with at least 100 of them dying from the disease.

Another lesser-known location on the radioactive map is the United States. In 1945, the world's first atomic bomb was detonated in New Mexico. The operation was conducted under the codename "Trinity". Roughly 200,000 acres of land, where the massive explosion occurred, was recognized in the 60s as a National Historic Landmark. Nowadays, the site is a tourist attraction, which may surprise, as high levels of radiation are still recorded there. Focus reports that during an hour's stay at this location, one can absorb a dose of radiation equivalent to the average daily amount from natural or medical sources.

Karachay is a small dried-up lake in the southern part of the Urals. For ten years radioactive solutions from the Mayak plants were dumped into the lake, which in the 40s and 50s produced plutonium. Due to a drought that hit the region in 1968, the lake dried up, and the radioactive dust from its bottom spread over the city of Ozyorsk. About 400,000 people were exposed to radiation. In 1990, the lake was examined by scientists. Since then, concrete is being poured around the lake to reduce the effects of contamination.

Source: Focus, Wikipedia

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