On the territory of the globe there are places where the indicators of radiation contamination literally go off scale, therefore it is extremely dangerous for a person to be there.
Radiation is disastrous for all living things on earth, but humanity does not cease to use atomic power stations, develop bombs and so on. In the world there are already several vivid examples of what can lead to the careless use of this enormous power. Let's look at the places with the highest level of radioactive background.
1. Ramsar, Iran
The city in the north of Iran recorded the highest level of natural radiation background on Earth. The experiments determined the indices in 25 mSv. per year at a rate of 1-10 millisieverts.
2. Sellafield, United Kingdom
This is not a city, but an atomic complex used to produce weapons-grade plutonium for atomic bombs. It was founded in 1940, and in 17 years there was a fire, which triggered the release of plutonium. This terrible tragedy claimed the lives of many people who later died for a long time from cancer.
3. Church Rock, New Mexico
In this city there is a uranium enrichment plant, on which a serious accident occurred, as a result of which more than 1 thousand tons of solid radioactive waste and 352 thousand m3 of acid radioactive waste solution fell into the river Puerko. All this has led to the fact that the level of radiation has greatly increased: the indicators are 7 thousand times higher than the norm.
4. The coast of Somalia
Radiation in this place appeared quite unexpectedly, and the responsibility for the terrible consequences lies with European companies located in Switzerland and Italy. Their leadership took advantage of the unstable situation in the republic and brazenly dumped radioactive waste on the coast of Somalia. As a result, innocent people were harmed.
5. Los Barrios, Spain
At the Acherino scrap metal recycling plant, due to an error in the control equipment, the cesium-137 source was melted, which led to the release of a radioactive cloud with a radiation level that exceeded the normal values by 1,000 times. After a while, pollution spread to the territories of Germany, France, Italy and other countries.
6. Denver, America
Studies have shown that, in comparison with other regions, Denver itself has a high level of radiation. There is a suggestion: the whole point is that the city is at a height of one mile above sea level, and in such regions the atmospheric background is more subtle, and hence the protection from solar radiation is not so strong. In addition, there are large uranium deposits in Denver.
7. Guarapari, Brazil
The beautiful beaches of Brazil can be dangerous for health, it concerns places of rest in Guarapari, where there is an erosion of the natural radioactive element of monazite in the sand. If compared with the norm of 10 mSv, the parameters for measuring sand were much higher - 175 mSv.
8. Arkarula, Australia
For more than one hundred years the distributors of radiation have been the underground springs of Paralany, which flow through uranium-rich rocks. Studies have shown that these hot springs carry radon and uranium to the surface of the earth. When the situation changes, it is unclear.
9. Washington, America
The Hanford complex is nuclear and it was founded in 1943 by the government of America. Its main task was to develop nuclear energy for the manufacture of weapons. At the moment it was taken out of service, but radiation continues to come from it, and it will continue for a long time.
10. Karunagappalli, India
In the Indian state of Kerala in the Kollam district, there is a municipality of Karunagappalli, where rare metals are mined, some of which, for example, monazite, have become like sand as a result of erosion. Because of this, in some places on the beaches the radiation level reaches 70 mSv / year.
11. Goias, Brazil
In 1987, there was a deplorable incident in the state of Goias, located in the central-western region of Brazil. Scrap pickers decided to take a device intended for radiotherapy from a local abandoned hospital. Because of him, the entire region was in danger, since unprotected contact with the apparatus led to the spread of radiation.
12. Scarborough, Canada
Since 1940, the housing estate in Scarborough is radioactive, and this site is called McClure. Provoked contamination of radium, extracted from the metal, which was planned to be used for experiments.
13. New Jersey, America
In the county of Burlington is the base of the McGwire Air Force, which was included by the Environmental Protection Agency in the list of the most polluted airbases in America. At this point, operations were carried out to clean up the territory, but elevated levels of radiation have been recorded so far.
14. The Irtysh river bank, Kazakhstan
During the Cold War, the Semipalatinsk test site was established on the territory of the USSR, where nuclear weapons testing was conducted. Here, 468 tests were conducted, the consequences of which were reflected in the inhabitants of the vicinity. Data show that about 200 thousand people were affected.
15. Paris, France
Even in one of the most famous and beautiful European capitals there is a place contaminated by radiation. Large values of the radioactive background were detected in Fort D'Auberviller. The whole point is that there are 61 tanks with cesium and radium, and the territory itself in 60 m3 is polluted.
16. Fukushima, Japan
In March 2011, a nuclear disaster occurred in a nuclear power plant in Japan. As a result of the accident, the territory around this station became like a desert, as approximately 165,000 local residents left their homes. The place was recognized as a zone of alienation.
17. Siberia, Russia
In this place is one of the largest chemical plants in the world. It produces up to 125 thousand tons of solid waste, which pollute groundwater in the nearest territories. In addition, experiments have shown that precipitation spreads radiation to wildlife, from which animals suffer.
18. Yangjiang, China
In the Yangjiang District, bricks and clay were used to build houses, but apparently no one thought or knew that this building material was not suitable for building houses. This is due to the fact that sand in the region comes from parts of the hills, where there is a large amount of monazite - a mineral that breaks down into radium, actinium and radon. It turns out that people are constantly exposed to radiation, so the incidence of cancer is very high.
19. Mailuu-Suu, Kyrgyzstan
This is one of the most polluted places in the world, and it's not a question of nuclear energy, but of the extensive mining and processing activities that result in the release of about 1.96 million m3 of radioactive waste.
20. Symi Valley, California
In a small city in California, there is NASA's field laboratory, which is called Santa Susanna. For the years of its existence, there were many problems associated with ten low-power nuclear reactors, which led to the release of radioactive metals. Now operations are being carried out in this place aimed at clearing the territory.
21. Ozersk, Russia
In the Chelyabinsk region is the production association "Mayak", which was built in 1948. The enterprise is engaged in the production of components of nuclear weapons, isotopes, storage and recovery of spent nuclear fuel. There were several accidents, which led to contamination of drinking water, and this increased the number of chronic diseases among local residents.
22. Chernobyl, Ukraine
The catastrophe, which occurred in 1986, affected not only residents of Ukraine, but also other countries. The statistics showed that the incidence of chronic and oncological diseases has significantly increased. Surprisingly, it was officially recognized that only 56 people died from the accident.