The catastrophic accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, a defining moment in nuclear history, occurred in 1986. The disaster unfolded during a late-night safety test, resulting in a reactor explosion and... Read more »
The Chernobyl disaster, a catastrophic nuclear accident, occurred at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant near the city of Pripyat in northern Ukraine, then part of the Soviet Union. The resulting explosion and... Read more »
