went wrong. the result a meltdown and the reactor exploded. several thousand tons of radioactive material were released into the atmosphere, contaminating 150,000 square kilometers of land around chernobyl. over the following days, a radioactive cloud spread over almost all of europe. it s not clear how many people suffered illness or died as a result of the catastrophe. the world health organization has predicted that 4,000 people will die of radiation exposure and cancer due to the accident. other predictions are far higher, ranging between 60,000 and 1.4 million deaths. the exclusion area around the power station is also known as the dead zone. but today, there are people who actually want to live there. reporter: it looks like a dilapidated soviet museum with an amusement park. the dormitory town of pripyat was where most chernobyl employees lived. more than 3000 people lived right next to the power plant when disaster struck in 1986 and the nuclear reactor exploded.
the result a meltdown and the reactor exploded. several thousand tons of radioactive material were released into the atmosphere, contaminating 150,000 square kilometers of land around chernobyl. over the following days, a radioactive cloud spread over almost all of europe. it s not clear how many people suffered illness or died as a result of the catastrophe. the world health organization has predicted that 4,000 people will die of radiation exposure and cancer due to the accident. other predictions are far higher, ranging between 60,000 and 1.4 million deaths. the exclusion area around the power station is also known as the dead zone. but today, there are people who actually want to live there. reporter: it looks like a dilapidated soviet museum with an amusement park. the dormitory town of pripyat was where most chernobyl employees lived. more than 3000 people lived right next to the power plant when disaster struck in 1986 and the nuclear reactor exploded. it s been de
reactor exploded. several thousand tons of radioactive material were released into the atmosphere, contaminating 150,000 square kilometers of land around chernobyl. over the following days, a radioactive cloud spread over almost all of europe. it s not clear how many people suffered illness or died as a result of the catastrophe. the world health organization has predicted that 4,000 people will die of radiation exposure and cancer due to the accident. other predictions are far higher, ranging between 60,000 and 1.4 million deaths. the exclusion area around the power station is also known as the dead zone. but today, there are people who actually want to live there. reporter: it looks like a dilapidated soviet museum with an amusement park. the dormitory town of pripyat was where most chernobyl employees lived. more than 3000 people lived right next to the power plant when disaster struck in 1986 and the nuclear reactor exploded. it s been described as the worst nuclear acc
several thousand tons of radioactive material were released into the atmosphere, contaminating 150,000 square kilometers of land around chernobyl. over the following days, a radioactive cloud spread over almost all of europe. it s not clear how many people suffered illness or died as a result of the catastrophe. the world health organization has predicted that 4,000 people will die of radiation exposure and cancer due to the accident. other predictions are far higher, ranging between 60,000 and 1.4 million deaths. the exclusion area around the power station is also known as the dead zone. but today, there are people who actually want to live there. reporter: it looks like a dilapidated soviet museum with an amusement park. the dormitory town of pripyat was where most chernobyl employees lived. more than 3000 people lived right next to the power plant when disaster struck in 1986 and the nuclear reactor exploded. it s been described as the worst nuclear accident the world ha
arose duriring a systems test of reactor 4 at chernobyl power station. the shift supervisor attempted an emergency shutdown but it went wrong. the result a meltdown and the reactor exploded. several thousand tons of radioactive material were released into the atmosphere, contaminating 150,000 square kilometers of laland around chernobyl. over t the following d days, a radioactivive cloud spreread ovr almost all of europe. it s not clear how many people suffered illness or died as a result of the catastrophe. the world health organization has predicted that 4,000 people will die of radiation exposure and cancer due to the accident. other predictions are far higher, ranging between 60,000 and 1.4 millllion deaths. the exclusion area around the power ststation is a also knowns the dead zone. but today, there are people who actutually want toto live there. reporter: it looks like a dilapidated soviet museum with an amusement park. the dormitory town of pripipyat was s where