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Remembering the Chornobyl nuclear disaster

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The new confinement structure for the Chornobyl nuclear power plant’s reactor No. 4 is seen on November 14, as the process of sliding it into place began. 2016 marked the 30th anniversary of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster of April 26, 1986.

The Ukrainian Congress Committee of America disseminated the statement below on April 24. On Saturday, April 26, 1986, the worst nuclear power plant disaster in history began with the rupture of Reactor No. 4’s containment at the Vladimir Ilyich Lenin Nuclear Power Station. Conceived to be one of the largest nuclear power plants in history…...

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