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The Chernobyl tragedy was one of the most dreadful tragedies of all time. It happened when a routine test at the Chernobyl ...
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Temporary repairs are planned in 2026 to pave the way for permanent restoration, the United Nations agency said.
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The pilots who flew into the Chernobyl core

When the Chernobyl reactor exploded, radiation was so deadly it could kill in minutes. Yet one pilot was ordered to fly ...
(Article originally published in the August/September 1986 issue of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Vol. 42, Issue 7 “Chernobyl: The Emerging Story,” pages ...
According to head of the Atominfo research center Alexander Uvarov, forest fires that periodically occurred in the Ukrainian segment of the Chernobyl exclusion zone may have more significant radiation ...
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