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

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