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Chernobyl
April 26, 1986
A catastrophic nuclear accident that occurred on 26 April 1986 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine
An explosion and fire released large quantities of radioactive particles into the atmosphere, which spread over much of the western USSR and Europe.
The Chernobyl disaster is the worst nuclear power plant accident in history in terms of cost and resulting deaths
Classified as a level 7 event (the maximum classification) on the International Nuclear Event Scale
31 people died during the accident itself
Long-term effects such as cancers and deformities are still being accounted for
The disaster began during a systems test on Saturday, 26 April 1986 at reactor number four of the Chernobyl plant
There was a sudden and unexpected power surge
When an emergency shutdown was attempted, an exponentially larger spike in power output occurred
Which led to a reactor vessel rupture and a series of steam explosions
These events exposed the graphite moderator of the reactor to air, causing it to ignite
The resulting fire sent a plume of highly radioactive fallout into the atmosphere and over an extensive geographical area
The plume drifted over large parts of the western Soviet Union and Europe.
60% of the fallout landed in Belarus
350,400 people were evacuated and resettled from the most severely contaminated areas
The eventual death toll could reach 4,000 among those exposed to the highest levels of radiation
One of the worst disasters in history
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