MINSK, April 26 (Xinhua) -- Belarus observed the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster with nationwide memorial events on Sunday. Minsk residents gathered at the Chernobyl memorial to ...

On April 26, 1986, the Number Four RBMK reactor at the nuclear power plant at Chernobyl, Ukraine, went out of control during a test at low-power, leading to an explosion and fire that demolished the r ...