The Long Shadow of Chernobyl – Chernobyl Update at 25

A radiation sign along a road near Pripyat warns of radiation. The tranquility of the sight on an evening of heavy snowfall belies the lingering danger looming in the peaceful winter landscape.

Background:
On April 26, 1986 at 1:23 am, the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant’s Reactor #4 blew up after operators botched a safety test, triggering the world’s worst nuclear disaster to date. The nuclear accident at the CNPP in Ukraine contaminated thousands of square kilometers, forcing 150.000 inhabitants within an area now known as the Exclusion Zone to hastily abandon their homes.