@chernobylzapretno: The Elephant's Foot is the nickname given to a large mass of corium and other materials formed underneath the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, near Pripyat, Ukraine, during the Chernobyl disaster of April 1986, notable for its extreme radioactivity. It is named for its wrinkly appearance, evocative of the foot of an elephant. Discovered in December of the year of the disaster, it is located in a maintenance corridor below the remains of Reactor No. 4, though the visible "elephant's foot" is only a part of a larger mass. It is still an extremely radioactive object, though the danger has decreased over time due to the decay of its radioactive components. At the time of its discovery, about eight months after formation, radioactivity near the Elephant's Foot was approximately 8,000 to 10,000 roentgens, or 80 to 100 grays per hour, delivering a 50/50 lethal dose of radiation (4.5 grays) within five minutes. Since that time, the radiation intensity has declined significantly, and in 1996, the Elephant's Foot was briefly visited by the deputy director of the New Safe Confinement Project, Artur Korneyev, who took photographs using an automatic camera and a flashlight to illuminate the otherwise dark room. The Elephant's Foot gives off radiation mainly in the form of alpha particles. As of 2015, measurements of a piece taken from the Elephant's Foot indicated radioactivity levels of roughly 2,500 Bq (.0675 μCi). While alpha radiation is ordinarily unable to penetrate the skin, it is the most damaging form of radiation when radioactive particles are inhaled or ingested, which has renewed concerns as samples of material from the meltdown (including the Elephant's Foot) turn to 1996, the Elephant's Foot was briefly visited by the deputy director of the New Safe Confinement Project, Artur Korneyev, who took photographs using an automatic camera and a flashlight to illuminate the otherwise dark room. #fyp #fy #chernobyl #elephantfoot #radioactivity #disturbing #scarytiktoks #CapCut

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