What did the accident at the nuclear power plant in Chernobyl in 1986?

What did the accident at the nuclear power plant in Chernobyl in 1986?

On April 26, 1986, a sudden surge of power during a reactor systems test destroyed Unit 4 of the nuclear power station at Chernobyl, Ukraine, in the former Soviet Union. The accident and the fire that followed released massive amounts of radioactive material into the environment.

What level disaster was Chernobyl?

To date, there have been two Level 7 accidents: Chernobyl disaster, 26 April 1986.

Is Chernobyl reactor 4 still burning?

Chernobyl still burns. Early in the morning of April 26, 1986, the fourth reactor exploded at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine. 34 years later, Chernobyl radioactivity is still circulating. They are now the biggest fires ever recorded in the Chernobyl exclusion zone.