The Disaster
Your Geiger counter is beeping like mad. The radiation levels are extremely high, we mustn't stay for long. This is the centre of the disaster zone responsible for the immediate deaths of 54 people, 4 000–24 000 who will eventually die, and the thousands more affected by the effects of radiation. Through this section, I'll give a brief run–down of the events leading up to the disaster, the aftermath and the immediate events which followed. Quick, get reading…