how bad is nuclear toxins for the environment like if another Chernobyl was to happen would the world go on lock down

Question: how bad is nuclear toxins for the environment like if another Chernobyl was to happen would the world go on lock down
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Asked by LIAM.W to Canice on 10 Mar 2020.
- Canice Coogan answered on 10 Mar 2020: last edited 10 Mar 2020 5:02 pm
  
  Luckily enough, accidents of this type are few and far between. If they do occur they mainly effect the country that the reactor is located. Factors effecting other countries would be the transfer of nuclear contaminants via wind, and ocean currents. So the world would not go into lock down.

Question: how bad is nuclear toxins for the environment like if another Chernobyl was to happen would the world go on lock down