A lack of co-ordination in reacting to the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in Northern Ireland is revealed in newly declassified files. The emergency was caused by a leak at a nuclear power station at Chernobyl in central Ukraine in April 1986.
BBC: Northern Ireland 1985/1986 state papers show Chernobyl disaster response ‘was confused’
Chernobyl nuclear plant was damaged by a series of explosions that sent a huge radioactive cloud into the air.
