Question

1. Effects from Chernobyl varied from those seen in Nagasaki and Hiroshima. The following is true of the Chernobyl blast:

   	A.	Thyroid cancer incidence was high in individuals exposed to radiation from Chernobyl, probbaly because of the radioactive Cesium released.
   	B.	Radioactive Cesium has a miniscule half-life and is entirely absent from the environment now.
   	C.	Radioactive Iodine released in the blast led to a high incidence of thyroid cancer to the individuals exposed.
   	D.	None of the other choices are correct.
   	E.	The radiation exposure for individuals in Belarus, Ukraine was not significant.

Answer 1

Answere : The correct option is option C i.e. Radioactive Iodine released in the blast led to a high incidence of thyroid cancer to the individuals exposed.

Explanation : Chernobyl blast was one of most catastrophic accidents in the history of nuclear industry.

Chernobyl disaster was occured in the former Soviet Union, near the border of Ukraine and Belarus, in april 1986. A huge explosion occured in Reactor 4 which resulted in huge releases of radioactive materials into the atmosphere.

Young children and adolescents lived in the most contaminated areas of Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine have a high incidence of thyroid cancer due to the high levels of radioactive iodine within the early days of the accident.

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