From This Month in 1986: The Chernobyl Disaster
C.O.O.L. ™ Time Capsule: This Month in History — April Written by: Shravya Chepa On April 26, 1986, one of the most catastrophic nuclear accidents in history occurred at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant located near Pripyat, Ukrainian SSR, what is now Ukraine. A sudden explosion in one of the plant’s reactors released massive amounts of radioactive material into the environment, affecting millions of people across the Soviet Union, Europe and beyond. Figure 1: The location of Ukraine on...
