Disaster In Chernobyl. Between 2 and 50 people were killed in the initial explosions and dozens more contracted serious radiation sickness some of whom later died. As peer reviewed medical journal the lancet and other sources have noted it remains.
The elephants foot of the chernobyl disaster in the immediate aftermath of the meltdown. Between 2 and 50 people were killed in the initial explosions and dozens more contracted serious radiation sickness some of whom later died. Chernobyl disaster accident at the chernobyl nuclear power station in the soviet union in 1986 the worst disaster in nuclear power generation history.
The chernobyl disaster was a nuclear disaster which occurred on april 26 1986 at the chernobyl nuclear power plant in pripyat ukraine at that time ukraine was part of the soviet union.
The chernobyl disaster was a unique event and the only accident in the history of commercial nuclear power where radiation related fatalities occurred e. 4 reactor in the chernobyl nuclear power plant near the city of pripyat in the north of the ukrainian ssr. What happened and the long term impacts the accident at a nuclear power plant in ukraine shocked the world permanently altered a region and leaves many questions unanswered. It is considered the worst nuclear disaster in history and was caused by one of only two nuclear energy accidents rated at seven the maximum severity on the international.
