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

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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 material across Europe made it impossible to hide.

This announcement came two days after the explosion at Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant near Pripyat, Ukraine. The disaster would go on to...
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