KIEV (Reuters) - Unlike the nuclear crisis in Japan which was caused by a natural disaster, the explosion and fire at the Chernobyl power plant on April 26, 1986 ...

Chernobyl MemorialChernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, 26 April 1986 - A routine 20-second shut down of the system seemed to be another test of the electrical equipment. But seven seconds later, a surge ...

The HBO miniseries about the 1986 crisis aired its finale Monday WARNING: The following story contains spoilers from HBO’s Chernobyl. The explosion emitted 400 times the radioactivity as the bomb ...