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Chernobyl and Fukushima have left a tainted legacy in a no-man’s land between radioactive dirt and an immaculate landscape of state denial, where ‘acceptable risk’ is nothing more than a euphemism for ...

A catastrophe occurred at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant 40 years ago, on 26 April 1986. Its consequences have affected ...

Exactly 40 years ago, the Chernobyl nuclear power plant was destroyed in the worst nuclear disaster the world has ever seen.