A 1986 meltdown at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Pripyat, Ukraine, caused the the largest release of radioactive material into the environment in history. A 1,000-square-mile exclusion ...
All the latest updates on the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, located near the city of Pripyat in Ukraine. On April 26, 1986, the plant's No. 4 reactor exploded in a devastating accident.