On April 25th -26th, 1986 the World's worst nuclear power accident occurred at Chernobyl in the former USSR (now Ukraine). The Chernobyl nuclear power plant located 80 miles north of Kiev had 4 reactors and whilst testing reactor number 4 numerous safety procedures were disregarded. At 1:23am the chain reaction in the reactor became out of control creating explosions and a fireball which blew off the reactor's heavy steel and concrete lid.
The Chernobyl accident killed more than 30 people immediately, and as a result of the high radiation levels in the surrounding 20-mile radius, 135,00 people had to be evacuated.
Chernobyl Disaster
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Chernobyl - Tschernobyl - Information
The international communications platform on the longterm consequences of the Chernobyl disaster.
Children born in Belarus after the Chernobyl nuclear plant disaster are often born with congenital birth and heart defects. Many develop cancer later in life.
There is a condition in Belarus known as "Chernobyl heart", because so many children are born with multiple holes in their heart.
Chernobyl Children's Project International
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