Thirty years ago, the sky glowed at the edge of Ukraine. An ill-conceived and bungled safety test had gone critical at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Steam explosions blew the roof off Reactor Number Four, spewing uranium and graphite into the open
Thirty years after the Chernobyl disaster on April 26, 1986, The Times is republishing some of our best coverage of the event. This piece originally appeared in the paper on May 11, 1992. On the surface, it seemed an idyllic tableau of Slavic spring.
It's been 30 years since the Chernobyl disaster, a nuclear reactor meltdown caused by a dark mix of design flaws and human error. The event immediately killed dozens and scarred the lives of tens of thousands of people over the ensuing decades
It's been 30 years since the Chernobyl disaster, a nuclear reactor meltdown caused by a dark mix of design flaws and human error. The event immediately killed dozens and scarred the lives of tens of thousands of people over the ensuing decades
“It was only on the third day that they said something had happened at the Chernobyl plant, but nobody knew what exactly. They evacuated pregnant women and mothers with children under five, but the rest of us just continued our normal routine, feeding