Nuclear Explosion In Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles

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The home of many was destroyed, filled with crushed memories and family members that are no longer able to rescue from the war. Earth was blown up from war, it was set a flame and was left to be burned out, as people observed it on Mars in the book. It was highly similar to what occurred on April 26th, 1986 in the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine due to a devastating explosion. Ray Bradbury drew attention to the fascination of abandoning cities due to his novel, The Martian Chronicles. He makes readers intruded about the places left to decay and rot with memories. Once the world burned out, all there would be is rubble. It mentioned how abandon Earth is and the devastating disaster of a nuclear explosion. There is a plethora of cities all around Earth that have been abandoned due to natural causes or explosions, similar to what occurred at the Chernobyl Power Plant.
When massive radioactive contents were unleashed into the atmosphere, it created the most atrocious historic accident that fascinates people. About twenty-nine years ago, Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant exploded two times due because of a malfunction in the nuclear fuel rods.
“…When extremely hot nuclear fuel rods were lowered into cooling water, an immense amount of steam was created, which---because of the RBMK reactors’ design flaws—created more reactivity in the nuclear core
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Several workers then committed suicide. When someone suffers through cognitive impairments, it can range from difficulty remembering to unable to do daily functions and living. During the explosion and even afterwards, people were affected. Seeing family or friends that got injured can make everything worse, as sometimes people feel guilty or they regret a hand full amount of things. As mentioned above, the amount of nuclear activity and radiation in the city left people just as injured as the bombings. This is similar to what occurred in the

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