Historically Accurate Memes on Instagram: "The Chernobyl disaster was a catastrophic accident on April 26, 1986, at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine. The meltdown occurred during a safety test on reactor number four which led to a power surge, steam explosions, and a reactor core meltdown. This event released massive amounts of radioactive material into the atmosphere, contaminating large areas of Europe and forcing the evacuation of thousands of people from the surrounding exclusion