Explosion confirmed at
Soviet nuclear plant
Shocking scenes, as pictures of the
Potentially, they have been exposed
Chernobyl nuclear disaster have
to three types of radiation: alpha,
started to leak out of the USSR.
……………………. and gamma
Gamma
radiation
can
……………………. the walls of a
house but gamma is the least
……………………. type, therefore
it is less like to cause cancer.
It has now been confirmed that one of
The
the nuclear reactors at Chernobyl
radioactivity is …………………;
exploded, ……………………. the
however, this can only travel a few
land
centimetres in the air. Tragically, lots
for
miles
around
with
most
ionising
type
of
radioactive material.
of children went out to play in what
Health officials warn that the effects
they though was snow. In fact, it was
could be devastating. Radioactive
ash
material
uranium,
can
cause
…………………….
a
potent
……………………. in DNA which
…………………….
lead to ……………………..
…continues page 3.
Local
people
have
now
with
radioactive
been
evacuated, but during the time they
stayed they were ………………….
alpha
beta
cancer
irradiated
ionising
mutations
contaminated contaminating gamma
penetrate
source
zeta