Chernobyl’s nuclear reactor exploded in Ukraine on April 26, 1986, killed 31 people and resulted in the mass evacuation and abandonment of a huge area and led to an evacuation of 50,000 people.

On April 26, 1986, the No. 4 reactor of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, near Pripyat in the Soviet Union (now Ukraine), exploded, resulting in the worst nuclear disaster in history. The incident ...

AP The Chernobyl plant is the site of the world’s first level 7 nuclear energy accidents, when Reactor 4 suffered a power surge resulting in steam explosions and a meltdown on April 26, 1986.

A view of the containment vessel that protects the remains of reactor number four at the former Chernobyl nuclear power plant and built to contain radiation, after a drone attack in Chernobyl ...

This stainless-steel dome entombs the remains of the Chernobyl reactor No. 4 core. 3 / 5 In fear of a nuclear attack from the United States and NATO allies, each child was issued a gas mask that was ...

Ukraine Russian drone struck Chernobyl reactor shell, Ukraine says Fighting around nuclear power plants has repeatedly raised fears of a nuclear catastrophe during three years of war. 00:00 00:00 ...

A view of the containment vessel that protects the remains of reactor number four at the former Chernobyl nuclear power plant and built to contain radiation, after a drone attack in Chernobyl ...