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^[1] in Ukraine (then offeecially the Ukrainian SSR), which wis unner the direct jurisdiction o the central authorities o the Soviet Union.^[2] An explosion an fire released muckle quantities o radioactive pairticles intae the atmosphere, which spread ower much o the wastren USSR an Europe.^[3]

Chornobyl disaster

The Chornobyl reactor #4 biggin as o 2006.
Date	26 Apryle 1986 (1986-04-26)
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 / 51.38972; 30.09917 (Chornobyl disaster)