20 year anniversary of Chernobyl explosion

20 years ago, the nuclear powerplant in Chernobyl, Ukraine exploded.

I still remember how the teachers interrupted the classes and gave us all some pils to counter the radiation. Then we were allowed to quit school and go home. At the time I was actually quite happy because I didn't go to school for the rest of the day so I went to the movies and saw some chinese martial arts movie.

The funny thing is that at the time I was less than 700 km from the blast site.

Of course, we didn't really know what was going on, I think Ceausescu didn't want to allow the news to spread.

So here I am, 20 years later, wondering whether this explosion will change my life or not ... or perhaps it already did?

Here's a slide show from the International Herald Tribune