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= Chernobyl disaster
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The Chernobyl disaster was a catastrophic nuclear accident that occurred on April 26, 1986, at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, located near the city of Pripyat in the former Soviet Union, now Ukraine. The accident took place during a late-night safety test that went wrong, resulting in a series of explosions that blew the roof off Reactor No. 4 and released a significant amount of radioactive material into the atmosphere.