Dimensions
227 x 277 x 9mm
26 April 1986.
History sometimes takes place over long periods of time; sometimes it can occur in a single day. This high-drama series looks at those momentous days in the last century when great and terrible things transpired within 24 hours, which would leave an impact on the history of the world for decades afterwards.
On 26 April 1986, a huge explosion tore apart the No. 4 reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the Soviet Union. As staff and firefighters struggled heroically to bring the blaze at the plant under control, the Soviet government issued public statements that tragically understated the scale of the disaster.
How and why did this terrible accident occur? Why did the Soviet Union want to conceal what had really happened? Who were the people involved, and what became of them? What was the impact of the Chernobyl disaster on the environment and on global attitudes towards nuclear power? How did it contribute to the breakdown of the Soviet Union itself?
