Why Is Chernobyl,russia Is Famous?

Chernobyl is located in Uk rain( formerly a part of Russia) where one of the Russian nuclear power plant existed. On April 26,1986 the power station exploded when a nuclear test was going on there.  That Explosion is greater than that of the explosion of Atom Bomb dropped at Hiroshima and Nagasaki.  Being a thinly populated area a few people died and thousands of people were affected with radiation diseases.  People still think of that incident with great fear and Chernobyl still remains an isolated place for fear of radiation effects.