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  • The 1986 Chernobyl Disaster: An Unforgettable Tragedy

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    Introduction The Chernobyl disaster, one of the greatest nuclear accidents in history, occurred on April 26, 1986. Massive amounts of radioactive material were discharged into the atmosphere by a catastrophic explosion at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Pripyat, Ukraine (then a part of the Soviet Union), which affected millions of people and had a…