Based on your understanding of radioactivity, what are some potential problems associated with nuclear energy?

April 26, 1986 was the date in history when the Chernobyl
Nuclear Power plant in the Ukraine suffered an explosion. Subsequently, the area was
evacuated, but, many people who lived nearby suffered extreme radiation poisoning. Four
hundred times the amount of radioactive fallout occurred compared to Hiroshima and it
spread over a large geographic area. This was deemed the worst nuclear reactor accident
in history. The results of radiation exposure are increased cancers and increased
chromosomal problems and birth defects in offspring of people exposed to increased
radiation. It is hard to pinpoint exactly how many people were affected due to this
accident, however, there were many accident workers who died initially of radiation
poisoning, there were thyroid cancers in many people and increased birth defects in
babies born after the accident in nearby countries as well as in the
Ukraine.