But all this is in the past, bomb votaries would have us believe. Well then lets take a look at the way they would defend us by going down memory lane to take a second look at another major nuclear gift those with atomic egos gave the world. Stated to be nothing more than a power plant, this devilish man-made monster revealed the cold hard truth about what is in store for everyone if a future Indian or Pakistani Prime Minister's patience runs thin. Or for that matter what could happen if the hundreds of small nuclear accidents that have taken place in India go really wrong. Only two people died immediately, though 30 others, mainly firemen, died subsequently of radiation burns following exposure to gamma and beta radiation from the exposed core.
Gross deformities are now commonplace in the area and cancers are rampant.
The long-term genetic devastation, many times more crushing than the original injuries, has only just begun to be tabulated. Ukraine and Byelorussia were the worst affected. Thyroid disorders are expected to run into millions across the radiation trail from Chernobyl. Though it was believed by the rest of the world to be one of the safest plants on earth, documents now reveal that Soviet scientists had known all along that the design was unsafe. Every nuclear power plant is a potential bomb and every one of them helps fuel the atomic arms race.