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- The Chernobyl explosion was an explosion that submitted large amounts of
radioactivity into the atmosphere.
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- The Chernobyl explosion happened at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant
(Reactor #4) near Kiev, USSR.(which is now the Ukraine) .
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- The Chernobyl explosion happened on April 26th, in 1986.
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- Scientists at Chernobyl conducted a highly risky experiment that caused
the explosion.
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- 31 people died immediately after the explosion. 135,000 people were
evacuated after radio active material spread through Europe. As a result, thousands of people died
of cancer deaths and birth defects were expected.
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- Yes, this disaster could have been avoided. If the scientists at
Chernobyl used the proper precautions, then this disaster would never
have happened.
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- World Almanac 2005 (key words: nuclear, explosion).
- Encyclopedia (key words:nuclear, Chernobyl, disaster).
- Disaster!: the destruction of our planet call # 363, SUL.
- Library.thinkquest.org/26026/History/the_chernobyl_nuclear_explosion_disaster
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