New Scientist posted this interview with Alexander Yuvchenko, an employee working at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant the night of the explosion and meltdown. I'm fascinated by the details of what happened at Chernobyl, how the circumstances arose in the first place, and what has become of the town over the past few decades.

Alexander Yuvchenko was on duty at Chernobyl's reactor number 4 the night it exploded on 26 April 1986. He is one of the few working there that night to have survived. He suffered serious burns and went through many operations to save his life, and he is still ill from the radiation. He recently broke his silence for a documentary to be shown on the Discovery Channel. Here he speaks to Michael Bond about what happened that night.