Radiation levels near the site of the chernobyl nuclear reactor disaster have spiked as firefighters battle to contain two forest fires in the area. The explosion sent a cloud of radioactive fallout. 4 reactor blew up.
Chernobyl nuclear power station and the nearby town of pripyat have been abandoned since 1986 when the plant s no. Atmospheric spread of chernobyl radioactive cloud nuclear disaster soviet union april may 1986 duration. But concerns were raised after the huge cloud was spotted.
Chernobyl in ukraine was the site of the world s worst nuclear disaster in 1986 when a reactor meltdown caused a major radiation leak. The huge cloud loomed over the ukrainian capital city of kiev less than 60 miles from chernobyl where a nuclear reactor exploded in 1986. Chernobyl radioactive cloud infected the land in europe and even reached the shores of america in 1986 the ussr hid the fact of a nuclear catastrophe at one of the nuclear power plants at the chernobyl npp.
