Tjernobyleken - Visby, Gotland
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N 57° 38.410 E 018° 17.386
34V E 338222 N 6391883
Tjernobyleken aka Chernobyl oak in Almedalen park Visby.
Waymark Code: WM7FZR
Location: Gotland, Sweden
Date Posted: 10/21/2009
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This oak tree has been planted by the local enviromental groups. Tree has also a small sign to tell about why it was planted. The reason was the Chernobyl disaster that occurred on 26 April 1986 in Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (then part of the Soviet Union), now in Ukraine.
Large areas in Ukraine, Belarus, and Russia were badly contaminated, resulting in the evacuation and resettlement of over 336,000 people. According to official post-Soviet data about 60% of the radioactive fallout landed in Belarus.
Sign reads:
"Chernobyl Oak
planted in memory of
nuclear disaster in Ukraine
April 26, 1986
31 killed in acute radiation poisoning
hundreds of serious injuries
thousands of people exposed to very high radiation doses
135 000 people forced evacuees
large areas of land permanently damaged.
Sweden, like many other countries affected
of high radioactive fallout with severe consequences
for agriculture, reindeer herding, hunting and fishing.
Environmental groups on Gotland"
Tjernobyleken ligger i Almedalen i Visby. Miljögrupperna på Gotland har planterat detta träd med en liten skylt till minne av kärnkraftskatastrofen i Ukraina den 26 april 1986. Skylt säger:
"Tjernobyleken
planterad till minne av
kärnkraftskatastrofen i Ukraina
den 26 april 1986
31 döda i akut strålsjuka
hundratals allvarligt strålskadade
tusentals människor utsatta för mycket högä stråldoser
135 000 människor tvångsevakuerade
stora markområden för alltid förstörda.
Sverige liksom flera andra länder drabbade
av stort radioaktivt nedfall med svåra följder
för jordbruk, rennäring, jakt och fiske.
Miljögrupperna på Gotland"