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From the archives: USSR announces Chernobyl power plant explosion in 1986

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From the archives: USSR announces Chernobyl power plant explosion in 1986.

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On April 28, 1986, Swedish scientists detected high levels of radiation, bringing to light the reactor explosion that occurred two days earlier at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Soviet Ukraine.

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