The Chernobyl Disaster: The Explosion that Changed the World
Email us and tell us what topics you would like us to cover. On April 25, 1986, as families in Pripyat slept soundly beneath the shadow of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, no one could imagine that a routine safety test would soon trigger the worst nuclear disaster in human history. What began as an engineering exercise rapidly descended into catastrophe when a perfect storm of design flaws, human error, and bureaucratic arrogance collided—sending radioactive material across Europe and cha...