Chernobyl Checkpoint
On April 26, 1986, a disaster occurred at reactor no. 4, which has been widely regarded as the worst accident in the history of nuclear power. As a result, reactor no. 4 was completely destroyed and has since been enclosed in a concrete sarcophagus to prevent further escape of radiation. Population of nearby areas were evacuated. Large areas within Europe became contaminated with radiation and different kinds of cancer have been on the rise in Ukraine and neighboring Belarus, which received the greatest amount of fallout. The construction of a new reactor no. 4 sarcophagus is under way.
A multimedia exhibition can be found here
