Comparing the 1986 Chernobyl “nuclear disaster” with the 2001 Manhattan thermo-nuclear catastrophe By Dimitri Khalezov STAFF WRITER   “ground zero” – the point on the surface of the earth or water directly below, directly above, or at which an atomic or hydrogen bomb explodes.  Webster’s Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language (Edition 1989, printed … Continue reading Chernobyl