Ukraine Marks Chornobyl Disaster Day

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An accident at one of the reactors at the Chornobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine on April 26, 1986, caused radiation to spread across parts of Ukraine, Belarus, and elsewhere in Europe in what became known as the world's worst civilian nuclear disaster. (Footage from Volodymir Shevchenko's "Chornobyl: A Chronicle of Difficult Days")