Half Lives: 25 years after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster

On April 26, 1986, the world's worst nuclear accident occurred in Chernobyl (Chornobyl), Ukraine. The disaster altered millions of lives and 25 years later continues to have serious impacts on human physical and mental health, politics, culture, arts and the environment. We spend the week examining Chernobyl's somber legacy and will commemorate the lives and societies affected by what perhaps is the ultimate example of humanity's hubris.

Chicago Ukrainian family shares first-hand account of Chernobyl

The Chelekhova family was living in Kiev when the Chernobyl (Chornobyl) nuclear disaster occurred on April 26, 1986.

Uncovering 25 years of Chernobyl-inspired rock

This last year has produced a surprising amount of manmade and natural disasters: the Gulf Coast oil spill, the Japanese earthquake and tsunami, the U.S. federal budget, to name a few.  Catastrophe has always been fodder for musical creativity, but few have proven as tuneful as Chernobyl.

The medical, political and psychological effects during and after Chernobyl

We continue our series commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl (Chornobyl) nuclear disaster with an eyewitness account of the events and a look at the longstanding after-effects of the nuclear tragedy.Yuri Scherbak is a medical doctor and former Ukrainian Ambassador to the U.S., Canada a

The documentary 'Block Four: Chernobyl 2011' premieres this week in Chicago

In the third part of a series of commemorations for the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl (Chornobyl) nuclear disaster, Worldview features the new documentary 

Revisiting the Chernobyl nuclear site 25 years later

Next week marks the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl (Chornobyl) nuclear disaster, when a nuclear meltdown of a power plant in the Ukraine forced 60,000 people from their homes and exposed extraorinarily high levels of radiation to hundreds of thousands more.