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- 1. 1:23:45 May 6, 2019
- Plant workers and firefighters work to control an explosion at a Soviet nuclear power plant.
- 2. Please Remain Calm May 13, 2019
- Nuclear physicist Ulana Khomyuk fears that a second explosion could devastate the continent.
- 3. Open Wide, O Earth May 20, 2019
- Lyudmilla Ignatenko ignores warnings about her firefighter husband's contamination.
At Chernobyl, approximately 100,000 square kilometres (39,000 sq mi) of land was significantly contaminated with fallout, with the worst hit regions being in Belarus, Ukraine and Russia. Lower levels of contamination were detected over all of Europe except for the Iberian Peninsula.
Apr 24, 2018 · Chernobyl 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...
Apr 29, 2024 · Chernobyl disaster, accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power station in the Soviet Union in 1986, the worst disaster in nuclear power generation history. Between 2 and 50 people were killed in the initial explosions, and dozens more contracted serious radiation sickness, some of whom later died.
Mar 1, 2020 · The Chernobyl accident in 1986 was the result of a flawed reactor design that was operated with inadequately trained personnel. Two Chernobyl plant workers died on the night of the accident, and a further 28 people died within a few weeks as a result of acute radiation poisoning.
The catastrophic Chernobyl Disaster of 1986 left a large area of land uninhabitable and highlighted the potential dangers of nuclear power.
May 17, 2019 · On 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...
Chernobyl accident, Accident at the Chernobyl (Ukraine) nuclear power station in the Soviet Union, the worst disaster in the history of nuclear power generation. On April 25–26, 1986, technicians attempted a poorly designed experiment, causing the chain reaction in the core to go out of control.
