On 26 April 1986 there was an accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine (part of the Soviet Union). After a sudden power output surge and the failure of an attempt at an emergency shutdown one of the reactors ruptured and exploded. The resulting fire and smoke spread radioactive fallout over a wide area. Although the number of recorded deaths was small (about 30), the nearby town of Pripyat and other areas had to be evacuated — over 330,000 people were resettled. Wide areas of Ukraine (and the rest of the Soviet Union) were contaminated. The accident also highlighted the dangers of nuclear energy.
Extract from an article in a British newspaper:
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