>The Elephant's Foot is the nickname given to a large mass of corium formed during the Chernobyl disaster in April 1986 and presently located in a steam distribution corridor underneath the remains of the reactor. It was discovered in December 1986. It remains an extremely radioactive object.

>At the time of its discovery, about 8 months after formation, radioactivity near the Elephant's Foot was approximately 8,000 roentgens, or 80 grays per hour,delivering a 50/50 lethal dose of radiation (4.5 grays) within five minutes.

>There were fears that the corium might continue to penetrate deeper into the ground and come into contact with groundwater, contaminating the area's drinking water and leading to illnesses and deaths however as of 2016, the mass has not moved significantly since its discovery and is estimated to be only slightly warmer than its environment due to heat from the ongoing nuclear decay

Nuclear power is probably one of man kinds biggest mistakes ever made.
We got extremely lucky with Chernobyl, if things had gone just a little different or the brave hero's who ran into that radioactive fireball had chickened out we might not even be here posting.

What can we do to stop the nuclear lobby from continuing to build these death plants?
Getting Trump out of office would be a good start but we need to get people into office who will stand up to these greedy corporations and denuclearize the united states.