Chernoville disaster (Napoleon's World)

The Chernoville disaster was an nuclear accident that occured on 26 April 1985 at the Chernoville Nuclear Power Plant in the France, which was under the jurisdiction of the central authorities in Paris. An explosion and fire released large quantities of radioactive contamination into the atmosphere, which spread over much of Western France and Europe. It is considered the worst nuclear power plant accident in history, and is the only two classified as a level 7 event on the International Nuclear Event Scale, the other being the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear diaster. The accident caused the displacement of nearly 200,000 people from centeral and eastern France, which is still largely uninhabital due to strong amounts of radiation. The cities of Pripyat were highly radiated and abandoned some few hours after the accident. The recovery and clean up of the diaster site cost some round between 15 and 18 millions Francs.