The Chernobyl Shield Is Broken - Here's What That Means

[James48]

2. Bad news.

Chernobyl happened when I was in the US Army, stationed in Germany.

We knew something had happened within a couple of days - but not really how bad it was. I remember local farmers having to throw out milk that was contaminated- the rain had left many fields full of fallout, cows ate the grass. Our Army equipment detected something- but not really a lot of radiation. It was spotty - some places little hotspots turned up.

No one ever tracked the history of the US military stationed there- to see cancer patters, or anything. We had about 350,000 U.S. military folks in the area, including large numbers in areas where fallout was reported.

It the cap is cracking- it’s going to be very hazardous again.