Advertisement

The 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster (17 images)

Even after the ongoing tragedy at the Fukushima reactor in Japan, the explosion and subsequent fire at the Chernobyl plant still ranks as the worst in history. The plant was in Pripyat, a now abandoned city in the modern Ukraine and the former Soviet Union. The death toll from the accident and radiation varies from a 4,000 individual estimate from the World Health Organization to about 200,000 from Greenpeace.



Inside the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant's Unit-4 showing melted and re-solidified fuel that flowed into the lower area of the reactor after the explosion on April 26, 1986 in Ukraine. UPI/INS
License photo | Permalink


An aerial view of the aftermath of the April 26, 1986 explosation at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine. UPI/INS
License photo | Permalink


An aerial view of the aftermath of the April 26, 1986 explosion at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, Ukraine. UPI/INS
License photo | Permalink


The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine following the April 26, 1986 explosion. UPI/INS
License photo | Permalink


Advertisement