The Babushka's of Chernobyl

April 2016 marks 30 years since the worst nuclear power plant accident in history, when the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Reactor No. 4 exploded. The resulting fire lasted 10 days, releasing 400 times as much radiation as the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. Hundreds of thousands of residents were forcibly evacuated and a 2600 square kilometer radioactive Exclusion Zone was declared uninhabitable. Evacuees were told they could never return. The Babushkas of Chernobyl is the story of three unlikely heroines - Hanna, Maria and Valentya – old women who ignore government orders and health warnings to illegally return to their homes.

Guest: Holly Morris
Position: Direcor of The Babushkas of Chernobyl