“We’ll curse the peaceful atom”
In 1989-90, something incredible happened in modern times - residents of several regions stopped the construction of nuclear power plants, which by that time was in its final stage. How was this possible? Were the people who opposed it mistaken? Is the creation of nuclear power plants justified in modern Russia? What can replace them, and why are alternatives not widely used by authorities? And what does Nemtsov have to do with it?
April 26 1986 years
At 01.23 (Moscow time) an explosion occurred in the 4th power unit of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. A few seconds later - another one. The reactor was destroyed, the walls and ceilings of the machine block were demolished, a fire started and a powerful release of radioactive substances into the air.
Major man-made disasters of recent decades
Chernobyl was a major, but not the only man-made disaster in the world. From the Gulf of Mexico oil spill to the series of explosions at the Fukushima nuclear power plant, the world has witnessed a series of devastating events, each with lessons for future generations.
How the state hid the truth about the Chernobyl disaster
The first message about the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant appeared 36 hours after the explosion on the Pripyat radio broadcast network. The central media reacted only after 79 hours: the announcer of the Vremya program read out a TASS report about the disaster.
