: :inin Kyiv (EET)

Ukraine marks 30 years since Chernobyl disaster


KIEV: Ukraine prepared on Tuesday to mark the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, which permanently poisoned swathes of eastern Europe and highlighted the shortcomings of the secretive Soviet system.
In the early hours of April 26, 1986, a botched test at the nuclear plant in then-Soviet Ukraine triggered a meltdown that spewed deadly clouds of atomic material into the atmosphere, forcing tens of thousands of people from their homes.
The latest anniversary of the world’s worst nuclear accident has garnered extra attention due to the imminent completion of a giant €1.5 billion (US$1.7 billion, RM6.64 billion) steel-clad arch that will …read more

Source: theSun

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