Chornobyl disaster

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The Chornobyl disaster (referred tae as the Chornobyl accident forby) wis a catastrophic nuclear accident that occurred on 26 Aprile 1986 at the Chornobyl Nuclear Pouer Plant[1] in Ukraine (then offeecially the Ukrainian SSR), which wis unner the direct jurisdiction o the central authorities o the Soviet Union.[2] An explosion an fire released muckle quantities o radioactive pairticles intae the atmosphere, which spread ower much o the wastren USSR an Europe.[3]

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Chornobyl disaster
The Chornobyl reactor #4 biggin as o 2006.
Date26 Apryle 1986 (1986-04-26)
Time01:23 (Moscow Time UTC+3)
LocationPripyat, (umwhile Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union)
CauseInadvertent explosion o core during emergency shutdoun o reactor whilst unnergangin pouer failur experiment
Daiths31 (direct)
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