Chernobyl
noun
uk/tʃɜːˈnəʊ.bəl/us/tʃɚˈnoʊ.bəl/acityinnorthernUkraine that was thesiteof aseriousexplosionin anuclearpowerstationin 1986:
Within a 30 kmradiusof Chernobyl, 135,000peoplewereevacuated.
Thelong-termmentalhealthconsequencesof the Chernobyldisastercontinueto be aconcern.
- Jacob Kirkegaard’s CD Four Rooms (2006) isbasedonfieldrecordingsfrom thecontaminatedareasaround Chernobyl.
- Manyresponsesdealwith othertraumaticworldevents, such as thenuclearmeltdownin Chernobyl or Fukushima.
- He came upon astorycalled "The Light of the Eyes" by Menahem Nahum, an 18th-centuryrabbiwho wasrearedin Chernobyl.