How does Bo Levin's statement, "A lot of people are intrigued by environments that can resemble the end of the earth," affect our understanding of the Chernobyl disaster?

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Gabriela Bell

13 December, 08:58

How does Bo Levin's statement, "A lot of people are intrigued by environments that can resemble the end of the earth," affect our understanding of the Chernobyl disaster?

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Helen Johnston · Answer 1

When the the wildest imagination of a nightmare becomes reality ...

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The nuclear accident in the Ukraine (1986) brought not only disaster and terminal diseases for a whole generation in the wide region of Chernobyl, but it also made painstakenly clear that the end of the earth was not so far away (neither in time nor space) from western societies in Europe as we thought it would or should be. The radiation fallout was registered as far as the North Sea between England and the continent. In a sense disasters like the one in Chernobyl (Cherno means Black) wake us up from our little naïve dream world and make us realise how fragile our existence can be.