On April 26, 1986, reactor No. 4 at Chernobyl's Vladimir Ilyich Lenin Nuclear Power Station was destroyed by an explosion. The resulting environmental disaster has rendered the area surrounding the ...
Chernobyl MemorialChernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, 26 April 1986 - A routine 20-second shut down of the system seemed to be another test of the electrical equipment. But seven seconds later, a surge ...
The HBO miniseries about the 1986 crisis aired its finale Monday WARNING: The following story contains spoilers from HBO’s Chernobyl. The explosion emitted 400 times the radioactivity as the bomb ...
On April 26, 1986, the world's worst nuclear disaster befell the Chernobyl, Ukraine Power Plant. Unlike the 2011 Fukushima, Japan nuclear crisis, the Chernobyl ...
HBO's hit miniseries Chernobyl has supercharged public interest in the 1986 disaster, which remains the worst nuclear accident of all time. The details of the incident—which began with the explosion ...
Over the past few week’s HBO’s Chernobyl has given American and UK audiences an insightful look into one of the most devastating disasters in modern history. As we’ve covered before, almost every ...
Memorial services were held in Ukraine and elsewhere on April 26 to mark the 37th anniversary of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster. 1 Ukrainian Ecology Minister Ruslan Strilets (center, wearing ...