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Chernobyl

On April 26, 1986, a nuclear reactor caused a horrific explosion at the nuclear power plant in Chernobyl, Ukraine, releasing radiation 400 times more powerful than that of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. Thousands of birth defects and cancer deaths have been linked to the disaster; radiation levels at the site remain high to this day.

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