Deaths due to the Chernobyl disaster 800 roentgens, twice the normal 50% probability of death dose. The following list is of those directly killed by the explosion and initial radioactivity release, or in the support efforts that followed. Deaths due to the Chernobyl disaster The Chernobyl disaster (, "Chornobylʹsʹka katastrofa", "Chernobyl accident") was considered as one of the worst nuclear disasters in history. It occurred on 26 April 1986 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, then part of the Soviet Union, now in Ukraine. The scientific consensus on the effects of the disaster has been developed by the United Nations
Voices from Chernobyl and personal tragedy of the Chernobyl accident, and explores the experiences of individuals and how the disaster affected their lives. "Chernobyl Prayer" was first published in Russian in 1997 as "Чернобыльская молитва" and a revised, updated edition came out in 2013. The American translation was awarded the 2005 National Book Critics Circle Award for general non-fiction. Voices from Chernobyl Chernobyl Prayer: A Chronicle of the Future (UK title) / Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster (US title) is a book by Nobel Laureate Svetlana Alexievich. Alexievich was a journalist living in Minsk, the capital of Belarus,