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  1. On This Day: May 2, 1986 - The City of Chernobyl Is Evacuated

    On This Day: May 2, 1986 - The City of Chernobyl Is Evacuated

    On May 2, 1986, six days after the explosion at Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, the city of Chernobyl was officially evacuated. While the nearby town of Pripyat had been evacuated on April 27, the full evacuation of surrounding areas including the city of Chernobyl itself took...
  2. On This Day: April 28, 1986 - Soviet Authorities Acknowledge the Chernobyl Disaster

    On This Day: April 28, 1986 - Soviet Authorities Acknowledge the Chernobyl Disaster

    On April 28, 1986, Soviet authorities were forced to publicly acknowledge the Chernobyl disaster after dangerously high levels of radiation were detected at a nuclear power plant in Sweden. The Soviet Union had initially attempted to keep the incident quiet, but the spread of radioactive...
  3. On This Day: April 26, 1986 - The Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster Shocked the World

    On This Day: April 26, 1986 - The Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster Shocked the World

    On this day April 26, 1986, the world’s worst nuclear disaster occurred at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the Soviet Union. During a late night safety test at Reactor No. 4, a sudden surge of power caused a massive explosion and fire that released radioactive material across large parts of...
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