Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Thu, 23 Jul 2026 03:21:39 +0200Sunbathing after Chernobyl – How Czechoslovakia reacted to the 1986 nuclear disasterhttps://english.radio.cz/sunbathing-after-chernobyl-how-czechoslovakia-reacted-1986-nuclear-disaster-8781946© 2026 Radio Prague International One of the largest nuclear accidents in history – the Chernobyl disaster, took place on April 26, 1986. While in the West, countries were quite swift to react to the dangers of radiation, Czechoslovak authorities decided to downplay the incident, withholding information which resulted in people going out into the streets oblivious to the danger. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/328df7b9d9ad3bf087b35b74c6dc5384.jpg?timestamp=1683032598 Sunbathing after Chernobyl – How Czechoslovakia reacted to the 1986 nuclear disaster https://english.radio.cz/sunbathing-after-chernobyl-how-czechoslovakia-reacted-1986-nuclear-disaster-8781946 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9