THE CHERNOBYL DISASTER QUITE POSSIBLY WAS A PURPOSEFUL COVER UP BY THE SOVIET GOVERNMENT; TO DESTROY AN UNDERGROUND GENETIC EXPERIMENT FACILITY WHERE CONTROL WAS LOST OVER THE BEINGS KEPT THERE . CONTROL WAS LOST , SCIENTISTS, MILITARY PERSONNEL WERE MASSACRED BY THE BEINGS AND OFFICIALS HAD NO HOPE OF CONTAINMENT . SO , AS A FINAL OPTION , THE WHOLE FACILITY, AND PLANT WAS NUKED , FORCING EVACUATION OF THE SURROUNDING AREAS . WHO ACTUALLY KNOWS IF ALL OF THE BEINGS WERE DESTROYED .