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Bookmark or Share- Chernobyl: Disaster, Response & Fallout | HISTORYChernobyl is a nuclear power plant in Ukraine that was the site of a disastrous nuclear accident on April 26, 1986. A routine test at the power plant went horribly wrong, and two massive...
- Chernobyl Disaster: Nuclear Power Gone Wrong - BritannicaThe catastrophic Chernobyl Disaster of 1986 left a large area of land uninhabitable and highlighted the potential dangers of nuclear power.
- Chernobyl Accident 1986 - World Nuclear Association(Updated April 2024) The Chernobyl accident in 1986 was the result of a flawed reactor design that was operated with inadequately trained personnel. The resulting steam explosion and fires released at least 5% of the radioactive reactor core into the environment, with the deposition of radioactive materials in many parts of Europe.
- The 1986 Chornobyl nuclear power plant accident | IAEAOn 26 April 1986, the Number Four reactor at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant in what then was the Soviet Union during improper testing at low-power, resulted in loss of control that led to an explosion and fire that demolished the reactor building and released large amounts of radiation into the atmosphere.
- Chernobyl disaster facts and information - National GeographicOn April 25 and 26, 1986, the worst nuclear accident in history unfolded in what is now northern Ukraine as a reactor at a nuclear power plant exploded and burned. Shrouded in secrecy, the incident...
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