Noun1.Chernobyl- a city in north central Ukraine; site of a major disaster at a nuclear power plant (26 April 1986) Ukraine,Ukrayina- a republic in southeastern Europe; formerly a European soviet; the center of the original Russian state which came into existence in the ninth century ...
'Chernobyl' is scarier than most horror movies in that it is a dramatization of actual, real-life horror experienced by thousands of people on that fateful April 1986 morning and the years that followed. This disaster has haunted the nation, Europe, and the rest of mankind more than three ...
Chornobyl, abandoned city, N Ukraine, near the Belarus border, on the Pripyat River. Ten miles (16 km) to the north, in the town of Pripyat, is the Chernobyl nuclear power station, site of the worst nuclear reactor disaster in history. On Apr. 25, 1986, during an unauthorized test of...
The Chernobyl disaster has become one of the most divisive and controversial topics in Ukrainian society. Although it took place in April 1986, only one year after Mikhail Gorbachev became General Secretary of the cpsu Central Committee, its effects have been far-reaching. The first medical ...
Founded in 1991 the Chernobyl Children International Charity is bringing help to the Children affected by the disaster of 1986. Click here to read more.
The accident at a nuclear power plant in Ukraine shocked the world, permanently altered a region, and leaves many questions unanswered.
As it was, a 36 hour delay and a lack of iodine tablets worsened the health effects that continue, along with the financial burden, to this day. The accident left an indelible impression and is a byword for the potential for disaster that accompanies nuclear power. Thirty-one people died ...
Dozens of people were killed in the immediate aftermath of the disaster while the long-term death toll from radiation poisoning is believed to number in the thousands. On Tuesday’s anniversary of the disaster amid the ongoing Russian invasion, it’s clear that Chernobyl — a relic of the ...
Chernobyl: The Final Warning: Directed by Anthony Page. With Jon Voight, Jason Robards, Sammi Davis, Annette Crosbie. True story about the tragic nuclear power plant accident in Chernobyl and how one American specialist, Dr. Robert Gale, helped the sovie
the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. The worst nuclear disaster in history killed two workers in the explosions and, within months, at least 28 more would be dead by acute radiation exposure. Eventually, thousands of people would show signs of health effects—including cancer—from the fallout....