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1986 Chernobyl
1media/Screen Shot 2023-03-22 at 4.30.29 PM_thumb.png2023-03-22T23:31:24+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a4911The meltdown and explosions ruptured the reactor core and destroyed the reactor building. This was immediately followed by an open-air reactor core fire which lasted until 4 May 1986, during which airborne radioactive contaminants were released and deposited onto other parts of the USSR and Europe. Approximately 70% landed in Belarus, 10 miles away. The fire released about the same amount of radioactive material as the initial explosion. In response to the initial accident, a 10-kilometre radius exclusion zone was created 36 hours after the accident, from which approximately 49,000 people were evacuated, primarily from Pripyat. The exclusion zone was later increased to a radius of 30 kilometres, from which an additional ~68,000 people were evacuated.plain2023-03-22T23:31:24+00:00May 4, 1986Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49