April 26 is recognized as International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day. When was the Chernobyl disaster took place?

Every year on April 26, International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day is observed to pay tribute to those who lost their lives.

Here are some crucial details about the incident: The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant previously known as the Vladimir Lenin Nuclear Power Plant, underwent a systems test failure on that fateful day.

This calamitous event which occurred during a standard safety examination of a nuclear reactor is now infamous as the Chernobyl disaster. The accident happened on April 26, 1986, at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the former Soviet Union.