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Chernobyl is a city in Ukraine where the nuclear disaster of 1986 occurred. The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant explosion released radioactive materials into the environment, affecting Ukraine and neighboring countries. Ukraine is now responsible for managing the site and surrounding area.
Because of the disaster at the nuclear power plant in Chernobyl, not many people live there. Chernobyl, Ukraine has a population of 500.
You probably mean at Chernobyl in the Ukraine, in 1986
the nuclear meltdown at Chernobyl.
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Chernobyl, Ukraine, in 1986, is probably what you are thinking of.
The world's worst known nuclear disaster was at Chernobyl, in the Ukraine. The Chernobyl Disaster, as it is called, happened on April 26, 1986. There is a link to a Wikipedia article on this below.
The disaster occurred at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine on April 26, 1986.
Nuclear power accidents are a disaster. The 1986 nuclear accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine was a catastrophic accident.
Chernobyl, Ukraine, 1986
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Chernobyl is in northern Ukraine, near the border with Belarus.