On This Day: Nuclear accident
The Soviet Union acknowledges there has been an accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the Ukraine.
View ArticleBBC reporters: Chernobyl diary
A BBC News website reporter and photographer send despatches from Ukraine as they gather material on Chernobyl.
View ArticleChernobyl nightmare revisited
The accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power station left millions of people in fear of the unknown.
View ArticleGreenpeace rejects Chernobyl toll
Greenpeace says a UN report grossly under-estimated the health effects of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.
View ArticleChernobyl's unsettling legacy
Bridget Kendall returns to Chernobyl 20 years after the nuclear disaster to find an eerie and unsettling view.
View ArticleGorbachev weighs the legacy
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev gives an account of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster and reflects on its lessons.
View ArticleRadiation impact still undecided
Why the full impact of the world's worst nuclear accident is still unclear, 20 years after the disaster.
View ArticleGrieving Ukraine recalls disaster
As ceremonies mark the Chernobyl disaster in 1986, people in the region find it hard to forget and hope the world will remember.
View ArticleQ&A: Chernobyl 20 years on
BBC staff and outside experts answer your questions about the Chernobyl disaster.
View ArticleIn pictures: Remembrance
Images from Ukraine as people commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster.
View ArticleUkraine marks Chernobyl blast
Ceremonies in Ukraine mark the world's worst nuclear disaster at the Chernobyl power plant in 1986.
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