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BBC visits Chernobyl ghost city 40 years after world's worst nuclear accident
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40 years after Chernobyl: Pripyat today
After the catastrophic accident in the nearby nuclear reactor, the city of Pripyat had to be completely evacuated. Some 50,000 people left their homes forever. DW visited the town with a former reside
Former Pripyat Resident Returns Home 40 Years After Chernobyl Disaster
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BBC visits Chernobyl ghost city 40 years after world's worst nuclear accident
On Sunday, Ukraine marks the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear accident. Reactor number 4 at the plant exploded on 26 April 1986, spewing out radioactive material that would spread across swat