The members
of the CCOC
office are
asked to
spell
Chernobyl
dozens of
times each
day by
people
scattered
throughout
America.
In 1986, a
nuclear
reactor blew
up. People
died
instantly,
the
government
announced
that the
radioactive
debris
falling was
actually
snow, and
cancer rates
and birth
defects
skyrocketed;
and yet,
people are
still asking
how to spell
Chernobyl.
The impact
of the
nuclear
meltdown
caused a
global
reaction.
People in
the region
suffered
physically,
mentally,
and
financially,
people
outside of
the region
suffered
from nuclear
panic.
Today, two
decades
later, there
are few who
remember.
On April 26,
1986
Chernobyl
nuclear
reactor four
exploded,
the result
of a test
gone
dreadfully
wrong. That
moment
marked the
worst
nuclear
radiation
the world
has yet
encountered.
The years
passed and,
as the
children of
the
Chernobyl
region began
to mature,
the affects
of the
radiation
became
increasingly
apparent.
By 1990,
Chernobyl
reached
epidemic
proportions.
The earth,
air and
water cycled
radioactivity
through
every part
of the
Chernobyl
ecosystem;
food,
drinking
water, and
oxygen were
and continue
to be
radioactive
vehicles
forcing its
way into the
bodies of
innocent
children.
Immune
systems were
shattered;
premature
death became
a grim
reality. And
yet,
people are
still asking
how to spell
Chernobyl.