Chernobyl disaster movement, which culminated in the decision to end the use of nuclear power that was made by the 1998–2005 Schröder government. Explanatory notes Citations Sources The source documents relating to the emergency, published in unofficial sources: Chernobyl disaster The Chernobyl disaster, also referred to as the Chernobyl accident, was a catastrophic nuclear accident. It occurred on 25–26 April 1986 in the No. 4 light water graphite moderated reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant near the now-abandoned town of Pripyat, in northern Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union, approximately north of Kiev. The event occurred during a late-night safety test
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,