Chornobyl Disaster
The Chornobyl disaster (referred tae as the Chornobyl accident forby) wis a catastrophic nuclear accident that occurred on 26 Aprile 1986 at the Chornobyl Nuclear Pouer Plant in Ukraine (then offeecially the Ukrainian SSR), which wis unner the direct jurisdiction o the central authorities o the Soviet Union.
An explosion an fire released muckle quantities o radioactive pairticles intae the atmosphere, which spread ower much o the wastren USSR an Europe.
 The Chornobyl reactor #4 biggin as o 2006. | |
| Date | 26 Apryle 1986 |
|---|---|
| Time | 01:23 (Moscow Time UTC+3) |
| Location | Pripyat, (umwhile Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union) |
| Cause | Inadvertent explosion o core during emergency shutdoun o reactor whilst unnergangin pouer failur experiment |
| Daiths | 31 (direct) |
30°05′57″E / 51.38972°N 30.09917°E
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