The Chernobyl Disaster

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The Chernobyl Disaster Chernobyl is a city in Ukraine near the

The Chernobyl Disaster

Chernobyl is a city in Ukraine near the border(граница)

with Belarus. Not far from the city, approximately(примерно) in 18 kilometers northwest from it there is another small Ukrainian town, called Pripyat. The main electric power and nuclear Chernobyl stations were once situated there, before the huge disaster. 
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At night of April 26 in 1986 one of the reactors

 At night of April 26 in 1986 one of the reactors

of the power plant suffered a catastrophic steam explosion that caused not only fire, but a series of additional explosions, followed nuclear meltdown(кризис). 
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This explosion is considered to be the worst nuclear accident in

This explosion is considered to be the worst nuclear accident in

the whole history of nuclear power. 
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This catastrophe forced people to think over nuclear problems and possible consequences (последствия).

This catastrophe forced people to think over nuclear problems and possible

consequences (последствия).
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The Chernobyl disaster is not the only result of human anti-natural

The Chernobyl disaster is not the only result of human anti-natural

activity but certainly one of the worst catastrophes in the world.

The Chernobyl Disaster