Remember
Today; on April 26th 1986 reactor no. 4 of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the Ukraine exploded after an energy experiment had spiraled out of control, and the safety measures for the reactor had been disabled.
The radiation cloud spread as far as the north of Finland, and to this day a 30 kilometer quarantine zone remains in effect around the plant itself.
Just reminds us...of the fallibility of men.
The BBC News website has a good in depth review of the incident and consequences; it can be found at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/guides/456900/456957/html/nn1page1.stm
The radiation cloud spread as far as the north of Finland, and to this day a 30 kilometer quarantine zone remains in effect around the plant itself.
Just reminds us...of the fallibility of men.
The BBC News website has a good in depth review of the incident and consequences; it can be found at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/guides/456900/456957/html/nn1page1.stm