Imagine a crisp spring morning with the windows cracked open and a small breeze coming through with the only sound of birds chirping and the news playing on television. Interrupting this day is the sound of terror and shouting, in which you peep outside and see disaster unfolding outside of that very window. Feelings of terror, worry, and wonder come all at once in most cases. This is what the victims and town goers of Chernobyl, Ukraine felt on a beautiful spring day in 1986. Occurring from the operator's negligence, led to one of the most long-lasted after effects of a nuclear accident. When a test turns into an accident, the small town and the radius surrounding it was changed forever(encyclopedia). From the event itself up to today, this…show more content… The Chernobyl shelter fund received 864 million euros towards projects and previous projects. The cost of the new shelter was 1.5 billion euros. The new shelter implementation plan in 2011 was 2.15 billion euros. 42 governments send donations in a total of 350 million euros. This money was used for all the shelters they built to cover the radioactivity and then build a better one and pay for all the damages. The first covering for reactor 4 was built very swift and not planned it which was for the workers well-being, to prevent onsite poisoning or exposure. Later a new covering was built to better contain the leakage, today the interior of the cover is still very radioactive. There wasn't just physical damaged, the people affected suffered mental damage and 7 million euros was given to affected people all over Chernobyl post-accident to compensate for losses and detrimental health affects they obtained or will eventually obtain(nuclear). In conclusion, Chernobyl disaster was a big impact on many people, and affects many regions of Europe. It also helped the animal population but in return made most rivers and plants radioactive. Occurrence was an inconvenience due to the relocation and homelessness of many. It also costed more than the test would've helped them gain in the
