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Ukraine Commemorates the 30th Anniversary of the Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster
Ukraine on Tuesday marked the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster, with several events planned across the country to commemorate the tragedy that killed dozens in its aftermath but may ultimately be responsible for as many as 4,000 deaths as the effects of radioactive fallout continue to be felt three decades later on people who lived near...
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Chernobyl at 30: Perilous Still
Exactly 30 years ago, there was an explosion in the Ukrainian countryside north of Kiev. In the nearby town of Pripyat, about 49,000 people slept. They lived here, in the thick forest on the Belarusian border, because they had been lured by jobs at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. Most people believed that working and living near a nuclear...
Ukraine marks 30 years since 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine is marking the 30th anniversary of an explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear plant, the world’s worst nuclear disaster. A vigil was held at midnight on Monday in the Ukrainian town of Slavutych where many former Chernobyl workers were relocated. About 600,000 people, often referred to as Chernobyl’s...
Ukraine marks 30 years since 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster
Ukraine is marking the 30th anniversary of an explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear plant, the world’s worst nuclear disaster. … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
Ukraine marks 30 years since 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster
Ukraine is marking the 30th anniversary of an explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear plant, the world’s worst nuclear disaster. … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The News...
Ukraine marks 30 years since 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine is marking the 30th anniversary of an explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear plant, the world's worst nuclear disaster…. …read more Source: Associated...
Ukraine marks 30 years since Chernobyl
Ukraine on Tuesday commemorated the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear accident …read more Source: USA...
Containment still an issue 30 years after Chernobyl disaster
Ed AdamczykPRIPYAT , Ukraine, April 25 (UPI) — Long-term projects to tame the continuing threat of radiation are underway at the site of the ruined Chernobyl nuclear reactor 30 years after disaster. …read more Source: United Press...
UPI Almanac for Tuesday, April 26, 2016
By United Press International On April 26, 1986, a fire and explosion at the Soviet Union’s Chernobyl nuclear reactor north of Kiev, Ukraine, resulted in the world’s worst civilian nuclear disaster. …read more Source: United Press...
