Cork to commemorate Chernobyl nuclear disaster
'During a test at 1:21am in the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant, the No 4 reactor exploded and released 30 to 40 times the radioactivity of both atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.' File picture: AP/Efrem Lukatsky
A ceremony to mark the anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster will take place in Cork city later this month.
The ceremony, organised by the Greater Chernobyl Cause, will take place at 12 noon at Bishop Lucey Park on April 26, to commemorate the disaster which took place on April 26, 1986.
