Chernobyl: The New Evidence

On April 26, 1986, Reactor 4 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant exploded, releasing a plume of radioactive fallout into the atmosphere. Drawing on hundreds of declassified KGB documents, Chernobyl: The New Evidence reveals the KGB's grave concerns, the sacrifices the Soviet leadership were willing to make to keep the story quiet, and the bravery that saved the world from an even more deadly disaster.