The pre-dawn accident on April 26, 1986 sent a cloud that rained radiation over much of Europe and contaminated
large areas in then-Soviet Ukraine, Russia and Belarus.
According to Ukrainian government figures, more than 4,000 of those who took
part in the hasty and poorly organized Soviet cleanup effort have died, and
more than 70,000 Ukrainians were fully disabled by the disaster.
Overall, about 3.4 million of Ukraine's 50 million people, including about 1.26
million children, are considered affected by Chernobyl. Of them, 400,000 adults
and nearly 1.1 million children are entitled to state aid for Chernobyl-linked health problems.
Вічна їм пам’ять!
Chornobyl images & maps
Ukraine, Neighbors Honor Chernobyl Victims (Reuters/Yahoo) 04/26/2000
ABCNEWS.com : Chernobyl 14 Years After Nuclear Blast (ABCNews) 04/26/2000
Photo: Kyiv - fireman mourns early morning Wednesday during a service in Kyiv (AP/Yahoo) 04/26/2000
Photo: Kyiv - driver walks around the Chornobyl Tram in preparation to start its route (AP/Yahoo) 04/26/2000
Photo: Kyiv - Ukrainian woman puts money into the charity box inside a so-called Chornobyl Tram (AP/Yahoo) 04/26/2000
Photo: Kyiv - woman holds a portrait of her husband, who was killed in the Chornobyl nuclear power plant disaster (AP/Yahoo) 04/26/2000
Photo: Slavutych - A relative of a fireman, who died fighting the disaster at Chornobyl's nuclear power plant, mourns early morning (AP/Yahoo) 04/26/2000
Photo: Moscow - Russia's Emergency Situation Minister Sergey Shoigu, center, attends a memorial ceremony (AP/Yahoo) 04/26/2000
Photo: Moscow - An unidentified man lays flowers on the grave of a victim of the world's worst nuclear disaster (AP/Yahoo) 04/26/2000
ABCNEWS.com : Chernobyl 14 Years After Nuclear Blast (ABCNews) 04/26/2000
Ukraine, Neighbors Honor Chernobyl Victims (Reuters/Yahoo) 04/26/2000
Photo: People place candles at the foot of the Tumulus of Glory outside the St. Michael Church of Chernobyl in Kiev (AP/Yahoo) 04/26/2000
Photo: Slavutych - A woman lights a candle near the memorial to victims of Chernobyl's nuclear catastrophe (AP/Yahoo) 04/26/2000
Photo: Slavutych - A Ukrainian man cries near a memorial to victims of the Chernobyl's nuclear catastrophe (AP/Yahoo) 04/26/2000
Photo: Slavutych - An elderly woman prays near a memorial to victims of Chernobyl's nuclear catastrophe (AP/Yahoo) 04/26/2000
Photo: Slavutych - Ukrainian girls light candles near a memorial to victims of the Chernobyl's nuclear catastrophe (AP/Yahoo) 04/26/2000
Ukraine Promises To Close Chernobyl (Reuters/Yahoo) 04/26/2000
Photo: General View of Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant's Fourth Reactor (Reuters/Excite) 04/25/2000
Photo: Workers Set up Sign at the Entrance to Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (Reuters/Excite) 04/25/2000
Photo: Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant's Fourth Block is Seen Over Abandoned Buildings (Reuters/Excite) 04/25/2000
Photo: Ukraine's Prime Minister Yushchenko Lays Flowers on Chernobyl Monument (Reuters/Excite) 04/25/2000
Photo:Ukraine's PM Yushchenko Visits Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (Reuters/Excite) 04/25/2000
Photo: Ukraine's Prime Minister Yushchenko Looks at Model of Concrete Sarcophagus of Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (Reuters/Excite) 04/25/2000
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