Pam Wright Eyeem News Today

The issue is rainwater, which has activated materials buried deep within the closed plant. The reaction could burn out naturally, but it could also require human intervention. On April 26, 1986, Reactor No. 4 exploded at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine, causing the worst nuclear accident in history. Now, thirty-five years later, smoldering nuclear “embers” are still buried within Chernobyl site, raising questions about just what might happen there—and what’s at stake. ➡ ...