Chernobyl Disaster 1986: What really happened?

More than 30 years on from the disaster that made its name infamous, the Chernobyl nuclear power plant still holds an uneasy fascination for many.

The events of April 1986 have recently been dramatized in a HBO series starring Jared Harris, Stellan Skarsgård, Jessie Buckley, Emily Watson. It's just become the highest-rated show on IMDBb ever.

But what really happened? And why did it send shockwaves throughout the world?

From the attempted cover-up by the Soviet Union, to the true consequences of the radioactive fallout, we explain the events as they unfolded.

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[OnDemandNews]

Chernobyl still fascinates so many of us! Would you visit the site?

[Reconseal]

All the sudden everybody became nuclear experts watching Chernobyl series. lol

[Queretonix]

They weren't sleep deprived, there was a shift change at 12am. The explosion happened at 1:23am.

[justinsoriano]

"Look at this place... Fifty thousand people used to live in this city. Now it's a ghost town... I've never seen anything like it. Move."

[DavidM.Williams]

20, 000 years from now that'll be super prime real estate

[photoedit-ph]

When you tried to overclock a nuclear reactor but you suddenly realized its not a pc

[MsMeeka-lruf]

Rip to everyone who lost there lives 😢

[omarschocobleach]

I will never forget this quote comrade dyatlov: I wasn’t there.

[swrvin]

"50, 000 people lived here, now its a ghost town" Perfect for this
By MacMillan

[deathsheadmothranch]

The guy with the rat circus in the movie Coraline is said to be literally blue because of the radiation he was exposed to during the Chernobyl disaster.

[tasha]

This still utterly amazes me. My heart goes out to all the victims and the people who still suffer 35+ yrs later

[xSTRxRECONx]

Imagine being the person responsible for $235, 000, 000, 000 in damages 😆

[heathenchild]

Rest In Peace to all those that perished
And a God bless all the fire fighters that thought it was just a fire

[why-____-]

Meanwhile, the cockroaches are chillin 3:20

[dwightreim]

Working at the Chernobyl reactor.... Worst job ever

[josephastier]

2:33 Whoever recorded that scene could not possibly have survived.

[toby.maximillian]

When this happened my mum was at school and they had to allways use umbrellas in the rain in Scotland because it was like acid rain from the fumes

[cabalextreme]

Too much radiation we have to go around. There’s a packet of radiation all-over this area. Absorb too much, you’re a dead man.
-Capt. Macmillian
I’m here because of Call of Duty 4 All Ghillied up mission. Sad story Chernobyl 😢

[Jonasofzo]

Let's be honest Chernobyl was one of the best series you have ever seen

[patriciaschuster]

When I had cancer 10 years ago, one of the nurses at the Cancer Institute had been a physician specializing in radiation causing cancer, and was not allowed to leave the area. She was now in an Amercan Cancer Institute as a tech, while studying to become a doctor again in America. She was so good and had much compassion.