Radioactive smoke was also emitted to the surrounding atmosphere. These emissions according to the World health organization (WHO) increased the number of cancer cases within this surrounding area especially thyroid cancer since they were iodine emissions.
Mitigation measures
In order to bring the situation under control the engineers pumped in liquid nitrogen to the core of the reactor to cool it down. Fire fighting material and sand were also useful in reducing the fire caused by graphite Construction of sarcophagus which was meant to hold the radioactive waste within began and its service has been quite useful only that it has some flaws in that it accumulates rain water which can cause corrosion to the structure. Due to the large size of the population, evacuations may be costly hence it would be important to have medical personnel on site. The medical personnel are to ensure that casualties are stabilized before being rushed to hospital; the workers engaged in clean up at the site are to be given extra protection by the medical officers as well including...
Because such an incident can easily provoke rumors and misguided information leading to panic, regular bulletins should be provided. (Alberta, 2012).
One can also say that this accident was as a result of carelessness in that one forgot to close the valve properly; letting out an excessive amount of air which led to pressure from outside, hence this whole disaster. It would therefore be wise to consider having well qualified and trained personnel to manage such delicate tools to avoid such losses. These nuclear reactors should also be maintained regularly.
