<P> The Chernobyl disaster , also referred to as the Chernobyl accident , was a catastrophic nuclear accident . It occurred on 25 -- 26 April 1986 in the No. 4 light water graphite moderated reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant near Pripyat , a town in northern Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic which was part of the Soviet Union ( USSR ) , approximately 104 km north of Kiev . </P>
<P> The Chernobyl disaster , also referred to as the Chernobyl accident , was a catastrophic nuclear accident . It occurred on 25 -- 26 April 1986 in the No. 4 light water graphite moderated reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant near Pripyat , a town in northern Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic which was part of the Soviet Union ( USSR ) , approximately 104 km north of Kiev . </P>
where did the nuclear accident happened in 1986
where did the nuclear accident happened in 1986
Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant near Pripyat
Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant near Pripyat