PBS NewsHour

Reporting on Chernobyl, 25 Years Later

Clip: 03/28/2011 | 6m 18s

As the world's attention remains transfixed on the crippled nuclear reactors in Japan, Science Correspondent Miles O'Brien approaches nuclear energy from another side of the world: the Ukraine.The Chernobyl disaster occurred on April 26, 1986. With the anniversary of that date approaching, Miles has spent the last week surveying the situation there.

Aired: 03/28/11

Rating: NR

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