On April 26, 1986, disaster struck while workers were conducting a test at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine. One of the reactors exploded, erupting into a blazing inferno. The reactor's concrete roof was blown off and a lethal shower of radioactive material was launched into the night sky. Look inside to learn about the catastrophic nuclear disaster that contaminated a massive area of Europe with deadly radiation.
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