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Apr 15, 2019 · Considered history’s worst nuclear accident, the Chernobyl disaster killed 31 people directly, including 28 workers and firefighters who died of acute radiation poisoning during the cleanup....
May 17, 2019 · May 17, 2019. • 7 min read. On April 25 and 26, 1986, the worst nuclear accident in history unfolded in what is now northern Ukraine as a reactor at a nuclear power plant exploded and burned....
On 26 April 1986, the Number Four reactor at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant in what then was the Soviet Union during improper testing at low-power, resulted in loss of control that led to an explosion and fire that demolished the reactor building and released large amounts of radiation into the atmosphere.
The 1986 Chernobyl disaster triggered the release of radioactive contamination into the atmosphere in the form of both particulate and gaseous radioisotopes. As of 2024, it was the world's largest known release of radioactivity into the environment. [1]
Chernobyl accident, Accident at the Chernobyl (Ukraine) nuclear power station in the Soviet Union, the worst disaster in the history of nuclear power generation. On April 25–26, 1986, technicians attempted a poorly designed experiment, causing the chain reaction in the core to go out of control.
The catastrophic Chernobyl Disaster of 1986 left a large area of land uninhabitable and highlighted the potential dangers of nuclear power.
Apr 26, 2021 · The city was being evacuated after an explosion at the nearby Chernobyl nuclear power station. The effects were devastating and the disaster's impact would soon be felt across the world.
