Chernobyl Today
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To the world, Chernobyl is a place of danger, but for people who live there, Chernobyl is simply a way of life. On April 26, 1986, an explosion at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant changed history, sending radiation and political shock waves across Europe. After the accident, nearby towns and villages were first evacuated, and then abandoned. A generation later, the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone has become terra incognita for most-inaccessible, misunderstood, and terrifying.
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