On April 26, 1986, Reactor No. 4 at the Chernobyl power plant experienced a sudden power surge, which led to a series of explosions. The ensuing fire and release of radioactive materials resulted in ...

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The series fictionalizes the explosion of the Chernobyl nuclear plant in Soviet Ukraine, centered on the rescuers, including firefighters, volunteers, and miners who were mobilized to confine the ...

That includes 28 workers and firefighters who were killed at the 1986 nuclear accident at Chernobyl in what is now Ukraine. More than 100 others at Chernobyl were diagnosed with acute radiation ...

Chernobyl was a cataclysm of such magnitude that it is hard ... The pre-eminent heroes here are the workers, firefighters, soldiers and police who dealt unquestioningly with the consequences of the ...

Fires and smoke foul the air. Toxins seep into the earth and water. Habitats for wildlife disappear. Experts call it ecocide.

Business Insider recently traveled to Pripyat, an abandoned town next to Chernobyl. Pripyat was evacuated right after the 1986 disaster at the nuclear power plant. The city is a complete ghost town.

The State Emergency Service of Ukraine has said that work to tackle the smouldering fires in the insulation layers of Chernobyl's giant shelter has been completed, three weeks after it was struck by a ...