Part 1 The Chernobyl Disaster Explained 1986  | A Brief History of Documentary
Channel: Plainly Difficult
Date: 2021-04-24

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35 Years ago an event changed the way we look at nuclear energy.

The Chernobyl disaster was a nuclear reactor accident that occurred on Saturday 26 April 1986 35 years ago.

The meltdown happened at Unit No. 4  at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, near the city of Pripyat, in the former USSR.

The accident started during a safety test on an RBMK-type nuclear reactor, and was one in a long list of disaster linked to this reactor type.

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By Reaper2112 - I Took a PicturePreviously published: No., CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=25323171

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