April 30, 2026

Chernobyl at 40: The World’s Worst Nuclear Power Accident and Where It Stands Now

By Staff Reports

By Alice Marchuk, Jack Goras, and Aaron Larson
At 1:23 a.m. local time on April 26, 1986, a sudden and uncontrollable power surge destroyed Unit 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, located about 130 kilometers (km, 81 miles) north of Kyiv and just 20 km (12.5…

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