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Why is nuclear radiation disastrous?​

Answer 1

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As radioactive material decays, or breaks down, the energy released into the environment has two ways of harming a body that is exposed to it, Higley said. It can directly kill cells, or it can cause mutations to DNA. If those mutations are not repaired, the cell may turn cancerous.

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Answer 2

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→ During nuclear fission and fusion, nuclear waste is produced which is radioactive and hazardous for animals and plants.

→ radioactive waste can cause mutations, genetic defects,cancer and in some cause instant death.

→Apart from that nuclear bomb is also devastating and it's waste is also hazardous

→eg, accident of Chernobyl, accident at Fukushima Daiichi, bombardment at Hiroshima and Nagasaki etc