World & Nation
A Soviet nuclear power expert said today that the Kremlin named a panel to investigate the Chernobyl accident on the day the disaster occurred.
May 19, 1986
Books
The Chernobyl nuclear disaster dominated headlines after the Soviet reactor exploded on April 25, 1986.
April 14, 2019
Travel & Experiences
April 26, 2016
Not much is known yet about the accident at a Soviet nuclear power station in the Ukraine, but already it is obvious that it was an appalling disaster--the worst in the history of nuclear power.
April 30, 1986
Western journalists on a visit to a cemetery near Moscow discovered the recently dug graves of two more victims of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.
Aug. 3, 1986
West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl announced that his government is creating an Environment Ministry, a move viewed as a political reaction to the Soviet nuclear power plant disaster at Chernobyl.
June 4, 1986
Fear of fallout from the April 26 Chernobyl nuclear disaster in the Soviet Union has slashed Western tourism to Black Sea holiday resorts, Romanian and Bulgarian officials complained.
July 31, 1986
24 Frames
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March 21, 2012
Soviet citizens have donated jewelry, works of art and cash to the special government fund set up to aid victims of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, State Bank Board Chairman Viktor Dementsev said.
Aug. 12, 1986
The French Embassy reported today that a sample of veal bought in the main Moscow market registered more than six times the West European standard for radiation.
May 30, 1986