Gerd Ludwigのインスタグラム(gerdludwig) - 4月24日 08時23分

The Children’s Home in Vesnova cares for children with mental and physical disabilities, with many of them suspectedly caused by the Chernobyl disaster. While the dispute within the scientific community over the cause of physical and mental malformations since the Chernobyl disaster continues, many homes like this one depend on support from international Chernobyl aid programs, such as Chernobyl Children International.

At 1:23 am on April 26, 1986 reactor #4 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant blew up. The radioactive fallout spread over thousands of square kilometers, driving more than a quarter of a million people permanently from their homes. More than 100,000 people may have succumbed to Chernobyl-related illnesses.
As we’re approaching the 33rd anniversary of the world’s largest nuclear accident to date, I will be posting photographs of the aftermath of the Chernobyl catastrophe and my journeys into the Zone throughout the past three decades.

A recent book by Adam Higginbotham, “Midnight in Chernobyl,” gives an amazingly detailed account of the disaster, as well as “a powerful investigation into how propaganda, secrecy, and myth have obscured the true story of one of the twentieth century’s greatest disasters.” Also, look out for a new HBO mini-series on Chernobyl, coming May 6.

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claude9462 Propaganda and secrecy of communist goverment URSS and now look at children with mental and physical desabilities caused by the Chernobyl disaster. No Justice No UN désapprobation. Nothing !! Poor children and poor families.

chernobylchildren Thank you for the recognition, Gerd. Your photos are truly very powerful. Thankfully, the standards at Vesnova have improved tenfold since your time there and we have a very strong focus on deinstitutionalization now.

i_am_aisling @ilonasgram if you google nuclear fallout it will explain why your grandfather waited for the rain. He was a smart man.

pia.no.pe Thanks for showing that our mistakes shouldn't be forgotten. We somehow still don't really learn from them.

ca.ca.i @ma.ria yes. Maka sad incident pero still want to have a nuclear power plant which is really cheaper.

selvspring What would the world be today without nuclear ? In my opinion a better place.

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