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Rhiannon12866

(257,253 posts) Sat Apr 25, 2026, 04:00 AM 5 hrs ago

Inside Chornobyl, 40 years after the world's worst nuclear disaster - PBS NewsHour

Forty years ago, the world’s worst nuclear power disaster exploded into history at the Soviet Union’s Chornobyl nuclear plant in what is now Ukraine. The ensuing cover-up and clean-up operation made Chornobyl a byword for dereliction and mismanagement. Special correspondent Simon Ostrovsky and cinematographer Amanda Bailly report from the Chornobyl exclusion zone. - Aired on 04/24/2026.

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Inside Chornobyl, 40 years after the world's worst nuclear disaster - PBS NewsHour (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 5 hrs ago OP

I remember when this happened. Dunc 3 hrs ago #1

Wow! I visited the USSR back in the late '80s with my grandmother and the peace group she joined Rhiannon12866 3 hrs ago #4

When the Russians invaded Ukraine in 2022. Dunc 3 hrs ago #2

Yikes! Thanks so much for the article that explains much more! Rhiannon12866 3 hrs ago #3

So Trump's good friend Vlad Putin hit Chernobyl's containment structure with a drone to spread radioactive.. Botany 1 hr ago #5

Dunc

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1. I remember when this happened.

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)

Sat Apr 25, 2026, 05:13 AM

3 hrs ago

I was a kid in West Germany and we were coming back to the barracks one early morning. And our NBC Nuke Biological Chemical Sergeant was outside the barracks with a Geiger counter.

Rhiannon12866

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4. Wow! I visited the USSR back in the late '80s with my grandmother and the peace group she joined

Reply to Dunc (Reply #1)

Sat Apr 25, 2026, 05:33 AM

3 hrs ago

We visited with Russian peace groups and saw a lot of the country. Back then it was under Gorbachev who had instituted more progressive policies and everyone we met was welcoming, friendly and dedicated to peace. The people had gone through hell during WWII, fought on their own land, and never wanted to experience war again. *sigh*

And we were scheduled to travel to Kiev, but then Chernobyl happened, so we visited Tbilisi, the capitol of then-Soviet Georgia instead. Knowing what we're learning now, I wish that we had been able to visit Ukraine.