The Chernobyl Disaster

The vent gas scrubber, a safety device designed to neutralize toxic discharge from the MIC system had been turned off three weeks prior. A faulty valve allowed one ton of water for cleaning internal pipes to mix with 40 tons of MIC. Hundreds choked to death in their sleep as their lungs literally liquified and drowned them. Thousands more awoke, eyes burning, mouths frothing, driven nearly mad by a choking terror few can imagine.