First, in 1979, there was nuclear meltdown at the Three Mile Island power plant in Pennsylvania. Supposedly there were no ill-effects from this incident. According to most government and regulatory officials, most of the radiation was contained and the actual release of radiation had negligible effects on the physical health of individuals or the environment. Whether your believe that or not, Three Mile Island was a wake-up up call regarding the safety of nuclear reactors.
This was followed by the Chernobyl disaster in 1986. The incident at Chernobyl resulted in an explosion and fire that released large quantities of radioactive contaminants into the atmosphere. These radioactive particles spread over much of Western USSR and Europe and it was bad. Really bad.
According to the International Atomic Energy Agency, over 200,0000 people are believed to have been relocated as a result of the accident. Reports of serious illness, though, have been vague and claim to show no direct correlation between their radiation exposure and an increase in other forms of cancer or disease.
Then in 2011, a massive tsunami severely damaged the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. And we still do not know for sure the impact of that incident on our health and the environment.
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