Effects on Chernobyl

The effects of the nuclear blast in Chernobyl are beyond our mind. An estimated 24000 clean-up workers receive high radiation doses. In the summer of 1986, few moth after the incident, 116 000 people were evacuated from chernobyl. These are the effect they incident have on the health of chernobyl people :

1. Thyroid cancer- Among young children of chernobyl due to the high levels of radioactive iodine released from the exploding reactor. This iodine was was deposited in pastures eaten by cows then the iodine concentrated into the milk which is drank by the children of chernobyl.
2. Mortality- Among the clean-up workers that receive high doses of radiation,  28 of them died in 1986 due to acute radiation syndrome(ARS). There are also many death due to ARS along these years but the numbers are still unknown.
3. Cataracts- The lens of eyes are very sensitive to radiation. Thus many of the clean-up workers are effected by cataracts.
4. Stress related illness- This is cause by the fear of radiation and the severe dislocation of people caused by the government ordered evacuation

These are the effects on the plant and animal in Ukraine

1. The radioactive released had many immediate harmful effect on the animal and plant living 20km-30km from chernobyl.
2. There were increase in mortality but decrease in reproduction

Souce : 

http://atomicinsights.com/1996/04/chernobyl-health-effects-best-available-data.html

http://www.who.int/ionizing_radiation/chernobyl/backgrounder/en/index.html