What Happened At Chernobyl?

What Happened At Chernobyl?

The 1986 explosion at Chernobyl triggered a public health emergency across Europe. Today, the site’s strategic location continues to shape dynamics in Russia’s war with Ukraine. Forty years on from the disaster, Jordan Dunbar travels to Chernobyl to examine the events that led to the world’s worst nuclear accident and what we can learn from them today.

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