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The Chernobyl disaster was a nuclear accident that occurred on 26 April 1986 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in northern Ukraine. It was caused by a design flaw, operator error, and a test that led to a reactor explosion, fire, and radioactive contamination.
Learn about the radiation effects on humans and the environment caused by the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear accident, the world's largest known release of radioactivity. Find out the estimated number of deaths, the economic damage, and the increase of thyroid cancer in children exposed to iodine-131.
Chernobyl is a partially abandoned city in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, where a nuclear disaster occurred in 1986. The web page provides historical, geographical, and administrative information about the city and the zone, as well as a map of the area.
The radioactivity released at Chernobyl tended to be more long-lived than that released by a bomb detonation hence it is not possible to draw a simple comparison between the two events. Also, a dose of radiation spread over many years (as is the case with Chernobyl) is much less harmful than the same dose received over a short period.
Learn about the civil and military personnel who dealt with the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster in the Soviet Union, including a team of coal miners who built a protective foundation. Find out how many liquidators died, were disabled, or suffered from radiation exposure, and how they were honored as heroes or struggled for recognition.
Aleksandr Akimov was a Soviet engineer and the shift supervisor of Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Unit 4 on the night of the 1986 disaster. He died of acute radiation sickness after trying to save the reactor and was posthumously awarded the Order For Courage.
The web page discusses the controversy over the number of deaths caused by the 1986 nuclear accident in Ukraine. It cites different sources and estimates, from 30 to 60,000, and explains the methods and challenges of measuring the long-term health effects of radiation exposure.
This web page lists various dates and sources of predictions of the end of the world or the end of humanity, often based on religious or scientific interpretations. It also discusses the reasons, motives, and effects of such predictions, as well as the prevalence and variations of apocalyptic beliefs.