The fallout spread to other countries, forcing the USSR to release details. The Soviets shrouded the disaster in secrecy in its immediate aftermath. “But a terse statement by the news agency Tass suggested a major accident at the Chernobyl nuclear plant in Pripyat, 60 miles north of Kiev.”
“The severity of the accident, which spread discernible radioactive material over Scandinavia, was not immediately clear,” the story on The Chronicle’s front page read.
