Chornobyl: 40 years on from the worst nuclear disaster, the world has ever seen

The Chornobyl disaster was called the worst nuclear accident in history, occurring 40 years ago this weekend, on April 26, 1986, at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant, then part of the Soviet Union (now Ukraine). During a late-night safety test, Reactor No. 4 became unstable and exploded, releasing huge amounts of radioactive material into the […]