40 Years After Chornobyl Disaster
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- Category: United States
- Language: EN
- Published: 2026-04-24 18:30 UTC
- Sources: PBS NewsHour
Forty years have passed since the world's worst nuclear power disaster at Chornobyl. Reuters reports that the ensuing cover-up and clean-up operation made it a byword for dereliction and mismanagement.
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