On April 26, 1986, the No. 4 reactor of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, near Pripyat in the Soviet Union (now Ukraine), exploded, resulting in the worst nuclear disaster in history. The incident ...

HBO's "Chernobyl" chronicles the aftermath of the worst nuclear disaster in history up to that point. It shows how the Soviet government clashed within its own ranks over how to respond, with more ...