Chernobyl Ghost Town

Chernobyl 25 years ago was big news. 26 April 1986 at 1.23 nights, the fourth reactor of the Chernobyl nuclear plant, near the town of Pripyat, which was blown up by very strong shocks. Multiple explosions led to that graphite-moderated reactor components were in the air and were flammable. As the result of a release of radiation into the atmosphere. He swept across much of the Soviet Union and Western Europe.

Photo by David Schindler

50 people have died as a result of the accident and almost 4000 people died from radiation released into the atmosphere.