
Thirty-three years ago, April 26, 1986, the world was shaken by one of the world’s most horrifying technical catastrophes. The Chernobyl disaster resulted in the release of an unprecedented amount of radioactive substances into the atmosphere with radioactive dust reaching as far as Sweden. The catastrophic accident caused by the explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear plant killed up to 50 people directly related to the explosion and over 4 000 died because of radiation exposure.