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Kenya mulls nuclear but questions persist over Chernobyl

A nuclear power plant. Controversy rages over the safety of nuclear.

Victims of the world’s worst nuclear accident may never find closure decades after it shuttered the lives of more than 5 million people in the former Soviet Union.  

As the world marked the 32nd anniversary of the accident yesterday (April 26, 2018), some 4,000 people have lost 13 years of their total life expectancy, thanks to effects of the Chernobyl disaster. 

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