BB&T Corp. operates as a holding company for Branch Banking & Trust Co. It conducts its business operations primarily through its commercial bank subsidiary, Branch Bank, and other non-bank subsidiaries.
Chernobyl nuclear accident: figures for deaths and cancers still in dispute. â¢ Suspected infant mortality rise difficult to prove. â¢ Predicted deaths range from 4,000 to half a million.
Chernobyl: 25 Years After The Nuclear Disaster (PHOTOS) This year marks the 25th Anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. At 1:23am on April 26th, 1986, operators in the control room of Reactor #4 botched a routine safety test, resulting in an explosion, and a fire that burned for 10 days. The radioactive fallout spread over tens of thousands of square miles, driving more than a quarter of a million people permanently from their homes.