Chernobyl Disaster 26 April 1986 #2
by Elizabeth McTaggart
Title
Chernobyl Disaster 26 April 1986 #2
Artist
Elizabeth McTaggart
Medium
Digital Art - Fractal Art And Digital Collage
Description
Chernobyl Disaster 26 April 1986 #2:...
The Disaster:...
The Chernobyl disaster was a catastrophic nuclear accident that occurred on 26 April 1986 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine (then officially Ukrainian SSR), An explosion and fire released large quantities of radioactive particles into the atmosphere, which spread over much of Western USSR and Europe
The Chernobyl disaster is widely considered to have been the worst nuclear power plant accident in history, and is one of only two classified as a level 7 event on the International Nuclear Event Scale (the other being the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in 2011).
The Human Factor:...
The battle to contain the contamination and avert a greater catastrophe ultimately involved over 500,000 workers and cost an estimated 18 billion rubles. The official Soviet casualty count of 31 deaths has been disputed, and long-term effects such as cancers and deformities are still being accounted for. From 1986 to 2000, 350,400 people were evacuated and resettled from the most severely contaminated areas of Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine. According to official post-Soviet data, about 60% of the fallout landed in Belarus.
International spread of radioactive substances:...
Four hundred times more radioactive material was released than had been by the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. The disaster released 1/100 to 1/1000 of the total amount of radioactivity released by nuclear weapons testing during the 1950s and 1960s. Approximately 100,000 km² of land was significantly contaminated with fallout, the worst hit regions being in Belarus, Ukraine and Russia. Slighter levels of contamination were detected over all of Europe except for the Iberian Peninsula.
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March 10th, 2013
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Belinda Greb
A haunting image - a great reminder to people about what can go to wrong and for too long with nuclear power.
Elizabeth McTaggart replied:
I'm so glad you picked up on this one ~ it's a chilling thing to think about the horrors and cover-up that went on there... Thank you so much for the visit Belinda!!
Elizabeth McTaggart
That's an awesome compliment, John! I'm glad it had an effect ~~ thank you so much for the vote!
Mike Lee
love the feeling of this. gives it a good feeling of how damaged/distorted everything is now. v
Elena Nosyreva
That was a real disaster, and your work presents it very well, like everything is melting in a nuclear pot.
Elizabeth McTaggart replied:
Thank you so much, Elena ~ your compliment supports one of the effects I was aiming for!
Nadine and Bob Johnston
Love this Unique Piece, published it in - Artist News - an Internet Weekly... http://paper.li/f-1343723559# and on the Home page of ARTIST NEWS. Thank You for submitting it to the group....
Elizabeth McTaggart replied:
Thank you so much for your wonderful compliment ~ I appreciate your support!
Avis Noelle
Interesting read (description)...I remember it well, but never heard about the after effects in recent years...those poor people suffered during that event. Great piece of art to commemorate it, we should never forget tragedies or are doomed to repeat them. v.
Elizabeth McTaggart replied:
Thank you so much, Avis! I totally agree with you and it is one of the main reasons for this historical disaster series...
Barbara St Jean
Powerful image of this tragic event. Thanks for your submissions to MOUSE! Featured! F/V
Elizabeth McTaggart replied:
Thank you so much Barbara, for your wonderful compliment, v/fav and feature in MOUSE Group!
Elizabeth McTaggart
Thank you so much much Bob and Nadine, for the feature in Artists News! I appreciate your support!
Ella Kaye
a tribute and reminder to us all about a tragic event that impacted the world...great art design Elizabeth.
Elizabeth McTaggart replied:
Thank you Ella! I appreciate your compliment so much ~~ I hope it does server as a reminder to those of us who were alive at the time and a warning to be cautious, to those who were born later.
Pedro L Gili
A great tribute to Chernobyl "Children mutated, green salad turned pink. the whole planet was shocked." Good work! T. V.
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