Chernobyl Disaster

The Shadow of the Mushroom Cloud: Chernobyl and the Soviet Nuclear Dream

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Chernobyl Disaster: The Shadow of Soviet Nuclear Power

The air in Pripyat, a city built for the workers of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, was thick with the scent of pine needles and the hum of a burgeoning Soviet utopia. It was April 26, 1986. Inside Reactor No. 4, however, a different kind of energy was building – an unstable, terrifying force born … Read more

Chernobyl’s Shadow: The Nuclear Disaster and the Soviet Union’s Fall

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Chernobyl's Shadow: How the Nuclear Disaster Fueled the Soviet Union's Fall

The night of April 26, 1986, began like any other in Pripyat, a city built for the workers of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. But within the sterile confines of Reactor No. 4, a catastrophic test was underway, a confluence of human error and flawed design that would unleash a toxic fury upon the world. … Read more