when did the nuclear disaster in chernobyl happen
Chernobyl disaster The Chernobyl disaster, also referred to as the Chernobyl accident, was a catastrophic nuclear accident. It occurred on 25–26 April 1986 in the No.4 light water graphite moderated reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant near the now-abandonded town of Pripyat, in northern Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (part of the Soviet Union (USSR)) approximately 104 km (65 mi) north of Kiev. [2]