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Nearly four decades after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, the explosion at Reactor No. 4 in 1986 continues to shape global debates
It is 40 years ago today since an explosion ripped through Reactor 4 at the Chornobyl nuclear power plant, causing the world's worst nuclear disaster. Today, it is Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine that threatens nuclear safety at the decommissioned plant.
Nuclear explosions sound like something out of a sci-fi blockbuster, but the terrifying truth is that they aren’t confined to fiction. The sheer scale of energy released in a nuclear blast can wipe out entire neighborhoods in seconds, and the invisible ...
The Chornobyl nuclear reactor exploded on April 26 1986 causing the worlds worst nuclear disaster with far reaching consequences
Forty years ago, in April 1986, there was an explosion at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. It was the worst nuclear accident in history. Then the plant was in the USSR, it is part of northern Ukraine now.