1986 CE
Chernobyl nuclear accident
World history · Technology · Culture
The accident at Chernobyl’s reactor 4 released large amounts of radiation and caused evacuations, contamination, and long-term health and social effects. Its worldwide significance includes changes in cooperation, safety, and perceptions of nuclear risk; it does not justify unqualified extrapolation to every nuclear system.
Precision, calendar, and review
- Start
- year · no uncertainty qualifier in this record
- Calendar and convention
- Historical-era years; the source calendar is not identified. No conversion of days is assumed.
- Year zero
- The scale goes from 1 BCE to 1 CE without year zero. Changing era names changes labels only.
- Documentary review
- Date not recorded
Reading the date: point event.
Sources
- archives-catalogue.iaea.org (opens in a new tab)
Source provenance and scope
- Publication date
- Not identified in metadata; document review pending
- Bibliographic date checked
- 2026-09-23
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