The accident involving reactor meltdown and massive release of radioactivity occurred on 26 April 1986 at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant situated seven kilometres south of the Ukraine- Belarus border, at the confluence of the Pripyat and Dnieper…
April 26, 1986, signified the boundary between life and death. A new reckoning of time began. This photo was taken from a helicopter on the day following the explosion. The destroyed Chernobyl reactor, one of four units operating at the site in…