The radioactive cloud rose into the atmosphere and was swept hundreds of miles across Ukraine, Belorussia (now Belarus), Russia, and Poland, as well as over Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.
विकिरण के ख़तरे की चिंता से वह फ़ौरन उन्हें गाड़ी में १६ किलोमीटर दूर अपने घर ले गया ।