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WoW quite the story. i remember it well back in 1986. all those poor people. Psychobroker:can't you see the pages or aren't you old enough to remember it?

Read through all the pages.

Quote »Psychobroker:can't you see the pages or aren't you old enough to remember it?Stupid me...I didn't scroll down LOL All I saw was her face and thought (um, cute, but a "real jaw-dropper?)I do definitely remember the incident...will go read the pages now EDIT: >Wow, very dramatic

Wow... sounds like a creepy yet possibly very interesting place to visit. Rather sad...

Absolutely amazing, fascinating, and terrible all at once.One of the wonders brought to you by communism. I vaguely remember this being in the news when I was younger. I'm about the same age as the woman telling the story on that website. It happened about 3 months after the space shuttle Challenger disaster. Indeed, both disasters very sad parts of history.I've seen some specials on TV about Chernobyl in the past few months. They were exploring the power plant site and taking radiation measurements. I think they said that if you could get inside the building where the accident was today, you'd have about 10 minutes to live because the radiation is still so high. I also seem to remember that the Russians tried to encase the disaster area in concrete in an attempt to seal the radiation in the building and keep curious people out. Such an amazing tragedy.

Thanks for posting this link. I remember this tragedy and it was terrible....

I remember when this happened. It was back when i was living in Sweden, for some period of time you were not supposed to eat any animals that were found in the northern parts of Sweden. That's way to close for comfort. I do hope that every country in the world learned from that accident. It also makes you think about what happens when a nuke goes off.. i hope i dont live to see that happen.

Morbid...and scary...and supports my sentiment that this world is not ready for nuclear energy...

I think the world is ready for nuclear energy. I think the politicians, economy, and all non-technological parts of nuclear energy are trouble-ridden. I'm sure if we put enough training, materials, and work force to nuclear energy, it'll be quite safe.But then. I'm only guessing.. Those images show exactly how even the best of science can go wrong. Very surreal and frightening..

Quote, originally posted by ragingfish »Morbid...and scary...and supports my sentiment that this world is not ready for nuclear energy...there are benefits to nuclear energy, but like most everything, there is always ways to turn anything to negative and destructive. what is sad is that you can take something that will help people and turn it right back on those same people to hurt or destroy. yes, mike, very scary indeed!

Its a wake up call to everyone that we (man) are very capable in destroying the world, if not by accident, surely in a large war with these devices.