Commemorations are under way in Ukraine to mark the 30th anniversary of the nuclear disaster at Chernobyl.
On April 26, 1986, the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the Ukrainian city of Pripyat melted down and changed the world forever.
This unprecedented nuclear disaster killed 31 people in the immediate aftermath and irradiated a large area around the former plant. Since the incident, the government has enforced an exclusion zone within an 18-mile radius of the site. Some visitation of the area is permitted, but due to consistently high radiation levels, entering certain areas is prohibited.
The area around the abandoned plant has become a huge attraction for urban explorers from all over the world. However, during a recent expedition to the old town, some explorers made a startling discovery: Someone had been logging the heavily irradiated forests around Chernobyl.
The explosions killed two plant workers, who were the first of several workers to die within hours of the accident. For the next several days, as emergency crews tried desperately to contain the fires and radiation leaks, the death toll climbed as plant workers succumbed to acute radiation sickness.
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