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    Reactor number 4 at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine exploded on April 26, 1986, releasing highly radioactive material into the atmosphere. This was the worst nuclear accident in history, exposing people to radiation 90 times greater than Hiroshima. The Soviet government initially released little information about the disaster. Fallout from Chernobyl heavily contaminated areas of Ukraine, Belarus, and Russia, with Belarus receiving 60-70% of total radiation and putting 800,000 children at high health risks. The land in Belarus will remain contaminated for over 24,000 years.

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    Reactor number 4 at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine exploded on April 26, 1986, releasing highly radioactive material into the atmosphere. This was the worst nuclear accident in history, exposing people to radiation 90 times greater than Hiroshima. The Soviet government initially released little information about the disaster. Fallout from Chernobyl heavily contaminated areas of Ukraine, Belarus, and Russia, with Belarus receiving 60-70% of total radiation and putting 800,000 children at high health risks. The land in Belarus will remain contaminated for over 24,000 years.

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    Reactor number 4 at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine exploded on April 26, 1986, releasing highly radioactive material into the atmosphere. This was the worst nuclear accident in history, exposing people to radiation 90 times greater than Hiroshima. The Soviet government initially released little information about the disaster. Fallout from Chernobyl heavily contaminated areas of Ukraine, Belarus, and Russia, with Belarus receiving 60-70% of total radiation and putting 800,000 children at high health risks. The land in Belarus will remain contaminated for over 24,000 years.

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    Reactor number 4 at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine exploded on April 26, 1986, releasing highly radioactive material into the atmosphere. This was the worst nuclear accident in history, exposing people to radiation 90 times greater than Hiroshima. The Soviet government initially released little information about the disaster. Fallout from Chernobyl heavily contaminated areas of Ukraine, Belarus, and Russia, with Belarus receiving 60-70% of total radiation and putting 800,000 children at high health risks. The land in Belarus will remain contaminated for over 24,000 years.

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    The Chernobyl Reactor Disaster – 1986

    On April 26, 1986, Reactor number 4 at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in
    Northern Ukraine exploded. This is the worst nuclear accident in history and
    released 190 tons of highly radioactive waste material into the atmosphere
    exposing the people of Chernobyl to radioactivity 90 times greater than that from
    the explosion of the Hiroshima atomic bomb. The Soviet government at the time
    released few details of the accident. It was only after a great deal of international
    pressure that information about what really happened was released. A large area
    around the power plant was very heavily contaminated by the accident and a
    large amount of radioactive contamination was carried by winds to parts of
    Ukraine, eastern Belarus and Russia.

    The wind direction on the day of the explosion caused the majority of the fallout
    to be directed towards the Belarusian towns of Gomel and Mogilev. Of the total
    radiation from Chernobyl, 60-70% fell on Belarus resulting in 800,000 children
    being at high risk of developing serious health problems. It will be another 24,000
    years before the land in Belarus is completely clear of the contamination.

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