Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster - Aftermath

A sign on a door that was common during the clean-up phase of the accident that reads, “Comrade, the level of radiation is 10 times lower inside than outside. Rest inside - (Message from Headquarters).” near Chernobyl, on June 18, 2019. The Chernobyl disaster was a catastrophic nuclear accident that occurred on 26 April 1986 at the No. 4 nuclear reactor in the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, near the city of Pripyat in the north of the Ukrainian SSR. Chernobyl nuclear disaster is the worst disaster in the history of nuclear power generation.