Чорнобиль (Chornobyl) +40 years

At 1:23 am April 26, 1986 the first explosion occurred in Reactor Unit 4 at the ChNPP (Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant). A second explosion that blew off the roof occurred immediately thereafter. A reactive core fire caused a meltdown spreading radiation into the atmosphere that spread across the Soviet Union and into Europe. A total of only 60 people were killed immediately and in the decades that followed. It was the worst nuclear accident in history.