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On April 26 the fourth reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded, spreading radioactivity across the Ukraine and Belarus.

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Chernobyl Nuclear reactor 4

View of the Chernobyl Nuclear power plant three days after the explosion on April 29, 1986 in Chernobyl:,Ukraine.

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The Entrance Of The Ghost City Of Pripyat, Not Far From The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, Chernobyl, Ukraine

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Chernobyl: first pictures after the nuclear disaster.

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View of the Chernobyl Nuclear power plant three days after the explosion on April 29, 1986 in Chernobyl:,Ukraine.

Chernobyl: first pictures after the nuclear disaster.

The Elephants Foot of the Chernobyl disaster. In the immediate aftermath of the meltdown, a few minutes near this object, would bring certain death....

The Elephants Foot of the Chernobyl disaster.

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Chernobyl: General Imagery

View of the Chernobyl Nuclear power plant three days after the explosion on April 29, 1986 in Chernobyl:,Ukraine.

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A radioactive abandoned playground overgrown with trees in the city of Pripyat

View of the Chernobyl Nuclear power plant three days after the explosion on April 29, 1986 in Chernobyl,Ukraine.

Chernobyl: first pictures after the nuclear disaster.

Un agriculteur suédois portant une combinaison antiatomique déplace, en juin 1986, du fourrage contaminé par le nuage radioactif de Tchernobyl,...

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Un policier contrôle, le 10 mai 1986, le niveau de radioactivité de véhicules quittant la zone interdite de 30 km autour de la centrale nucléaire de...

UKRAINE-CHERNOBYL-NUCLEAR ACCIDENT

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Chernobyl nuclear reactor and Pripyat ghost town

Rescuers inspect damaged of Safe Confinement of Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant after Russian drone attack on February 14, 2025 in Prypiat, Ukraine....

Russian Drone Hits Safe Confinement At Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant

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Graffiti of a crying baby on a wall, Chernobyl Power Plant, Chernobyl, Ukraine

View of the Chernobyl Nuclear power plant three days after the explosion on April 29, 1986 in Chernobyl:,Ukraine.

Chernobyl: first pictures after the nuclear disaster.

Rescuers work at the site where a Russian attack drone with an explosive warhead hits the New Safe Confinement at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant...

Russian drone hits Chornobyl shelter

Heavy equipment surrounds the Chernobyl nuclear plant May 1, 1986 in Russia. Safety work is being done on block nr. 4 of the plant after an explosion...

Chernobyl Nuclear Plant

View of the Chernobyl Nuclear power plant three days after the explosion on April 29, 1986 in Chernobyl:,Ukraine.

Chernobyl: first pictures after the nuclear disaster.

View of the Chernobyl Nuclear power plant three days after the explosion on April 29, 1986 in Chernobyl:,Ukraine.

Chernobyl: first pictures after the nuclear disaster.

Image transmise par la télévision française d'une vue prise par un satellite américain, le 30 avril 1986, de la région autour de la centrale...

UKRAINE-CHERNOBYL-NUCLEAR ACCIDENT

Reproduction d'une carte illustrant les différentes zones touchées par les retombées radioactives de l'explosion du réacteur No 4 de la centrale...

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An abandoned amusement park on April 12, 2025 in Prypiat, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine. On April 26 the fourth reactor of the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant...

The Evacuated And Devastated City Of Prypiat Near Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant

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Soviet television showed, on April 30 this picture of the Chernobyl plant on which a half-destroyed building could be seen, but commentary said there...

CHERNOBYL-NUCLEAR-EXPLOSION

View of the water-cooling tower of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant as Ukrainian soldiers visit the 30-kilometer exclusion zone surrounding the...

Chernobyl, site of world's worst nuclear disaster, remains haunting place

An inside view of a damaged building as Ukrainian soldiers visit the 30-kilometer exclusion zone surrounding the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and...

Chernobyl, site of world's worst nuclear disaster, remains haunting place

View from Chernobyl as Ukrainian soldiers visit the 30-kilometer exclusion zone surrounding the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and the town of Pripyat...

Chernobyl, site of world's worst nuclear disaster, remains haunting place

View from Chernobyl as Ukrainian soldiers visit the 30-kilometer exclusion zone surrounding the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and the town of Pripyat...

Chernobyl, site of world's worst nuclear disaster, remains haunting place

Photo on display at the Ukrainian National Chernobyl Museum on April 20, 2007 in Kiev,Ukraine.

Ukrainian National Chernobyl Museum In Kiev

General view of the sarcophagus that covers the Ukraine''s Chernobyl nuclear power plant''s fourth reactor November 16, 2000 destroyed as a result of...

Chernobyl nuclear power plant

Rescuers attend to Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant after Russian drone attack on February 14, 2025 in Prypiat, Ukraine. IAEA confirmed that an...

Russian Drone Hits Safe Confinement At Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant

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Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant after atomic reactor explosion

Graffiti is seen on the abandoned Palace of Culture Enerhetyk on the central square on April 12, 2025 in Prypiat, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine. On April 26...

The Evacuated And Devastated City Of Prypiat Near Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant

Une femme membre du service de contrôle vétérinaire de Colmar tient des épinards contaminés par le nuage radioactif de Tchernobyl, le 15 mai 1986,...

une femme membre du service de contrôle

Wild fox walks in the deserted city of Pripyat, near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, Ukraine, 22 December 2016. The new protective shelter over...

New protective shelter at Chernobyl nuclear power plant

The general view of the New Safe Confinement covering the 4th block of the Chernobyl Nuclear power plant during the anniversary.Ukrainians marked the...

The general view of the New Safe Confinement covering the...

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Supermarket ruins in Pripyat city, on June 12, 2013. The Chernobyl disaster was a catastrophic nuclear accident that occurred on 26 April 1986 at the...

Chernobyl, Nearly 30 Years After Nuclear Disaster

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Power station at the riverbank, Chernobyl Power Plant, Chernobyl, Ukraine

Reproduction d'une carte illustrant les différentes zones touchées par les retombées radioactives de l'explosion du réacteur No 4 de la centrale...

FRANCE-CHERNOBYL-NUCLEAR ACCIDENT

Photo is displayed at the Ukrainian National Chernobyl Museum on April 20, 2007 in Kiev,Ukraine.

Ukrainian National Chernobyl Museum In Kiev

View of a tourism advertisement as Ukrainian soldiers visit the 30-kilometer exclusion zone surrounding the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and the...

Chernobyl, site of world's worst nuclear disaster, remains haunting place

View from Chernobyl as Ukrainian soldiers visit the 30-kilometer exclusion zone surrounding the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and the town of Pripyat...

Chernobyl, site of world's worst nuclear disaster, remains haunting place

Photo prise en avril 1990 à Tchernobyl de bâtiments andonnés parce que contaminés par les retombées radioactives de l'explosion du réacteur No 4 de...

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On April 26 the fourth reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded, spreading radioactivity across the Ukraine and Belarus.

Inhabitants of Radioactive Zone Around Chernobyl

View from Chernobyl as Ukrainian soldiers visit the 30-kilometer exclusion zone surrounding the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and the town of Pripyat...

Chernobyl, site of world's worst nuclear disaster, remains haunting place

Rescuers inspect damaged of Safe Confinement of Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant after Russian drone attack on February 14, 2025 in Prypiat, Ukraine....

Russian Drone Hits Safe Confinement At Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant

Rescuers inspect damaged of Safe Confinement of Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant after Russian drone attack on February 14, 2025 in Prypiat, Ukraine....

Russian Drone Hits Safe Confinement At Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant

General view of the a shop with broken windows as Ukrainian soldiers visit the 30-kilometer exclusion zone surrounding the Chernobyl nuclear power...

Chernobyl, site of world's worst nuclear disaster, remains haunting place

An inside view of a damaged building as Ukrainian soldiers visit the 30-kilometer exclusion zone surrounding the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and...

Chernobyl, site of world's worst nuclear disaster, remains haunting place

An inside view of a damaged building as Ukrainian soldiers visit the 30-kilometer exclusion zone surrounding the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and...

Chernobyl, site of world's worst nuclear disaster, remains haunting place

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Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant after atomic reactor explosion

Un chercheur d'un laboratoire sanitaire vérifie, le 11 mai 1986 à Freibourg, le taux de radioactivité de salades contaminées par les retombées de...

un chercheur d'un laboratoire sanitaire

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