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  2. Chernobyl disaster - Wikipedia

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    The Chernobyl disaster began on 26 April 1986 with the explosion of the No. 4 reactor of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant near the city of Pripyat in northern Ukraine, near the Belarus border in the Soviet Union. [1] It is one of only two nuclear energy accidents rated at the maximum severity on the International Nuclear Event Scale, the other ...

  3. Deaths due to the Chernobyl disaster - Wikipedia

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    Initially, the Soviet Union 's toll of deaths directly caused by the Chernobyl disaster included only the two Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant workers killed in the immediate aftermath of the explosion of the plant's reactor. However, by late 1986, Soviet officials updated the official count to 30, reflecting the deaths of 28 additional plant ...

  4. Chernobyl: Abyss - Wikipedia

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    Chernobyl: Abyss (Russian: Чернобыль), also titled Chernobyl 1986, is a 2021 Russian disaster film directed by and starring Danila Kozlovsky. [1] The film centres on a fictionalised firefighter who becomes a liquidator during the Chernobyl disaster. [2] The film was released in Russia by Central Partnership on 15 April 2021, [3] and ...

  5. 1:23:45 - Wikipedia

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    "1:23:45" is the series premiere of the historical drama television miniseries Chernobyl, which details the nuclear disaster that occurred on April 26, 1986, and the consequences that everyone involved faced. The episode was directed by Johan Renck and written by the series creator Craig Mazin, and aired on HBO in the United States on May 6, 2019 and on Sky Atlantic in th

  6. Investigations into the Chernobyl disaster - Wikipedia

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    The Chernobyl disaster was a catastrophic nuclear disaster that occurred in the early hours of 26 April 1986, at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Soviet Ukraine.The accident occurred when Reactor Number 4 exploded and destroyed most of the reactor building, spreading debris and radioactive material across the surrounding area, and over the following days and weeks, most of mainland Europe ...

  7. Please Remain Calm (Chernobyl) - Wikipedia

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    "Please Remain Calm" is the second episode of the historical drama television miniseries Chernobyl, which details the nuclear disaster that occurred on April 26, 1986, and the consequences that everyone involved faced. The episode was directed by Johan Renck and written by the series creator Craig Mazin, and aired on HBO in the United States on May 13, 2019 and on Sky Atlantic in

  8. Boris Baranov - Wikipedia

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    Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the Ukraine SSR exploded on 26 April 1986 at 1:23:45 a.m, resulting in a release of large amounts of radiation across a large area. When the fire was put out, officials began worrying about the corium , a radioactive lava-like material, melting into the bubbler pools below and creating a steam ...

  9. Land of Oblivion - Wikipedia

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    Plot. April 26, 1986, day when the accident at the Chernobyl disaster power plant shocked the whole world. Technological progress was cursed by millions, and for such as Anya, Chernobyl was a personal disaster — she was widowed on her wedding day; for such as Valery, Chernobyl — a synonym for lost childhood and a crippled future.