Chernobyl disaster
An explosion and fire at Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant released large quantities of radioactive material across parts of Europe.
Why Chernobyl disaster matters
An explosion and fire at Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant released large quantities of radioactive material across parts of Europe.
This page brings together database records matching Chernobyl, Chernobyl disaster and 26 April 1986. Use the chronological results to compare dates, people, places, countries and related events without losing the wider historical sequence.
Sources and provenance
Historical records on this page are drawn from the World History Database maintained by Malcolm Badley and are selected dynamically using the research terms shown above. The historical image is credited to its source above. Record wording and dates should be checked against primary or specialist secondary sources when used for academic citation. Corrections can be sent to [email protected].