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- I think we should stop the test! Something isn't right!
- NO! We have to continue!
- Warning! DO NOT ENTER
- Amidst the Cold War, the people of the Soviet Union are still living their normal, everyday lives and are running their errands on Saturday, April 25, 1986.
- OH NO! THE PLANT IS ON FIRE!
- WHAT HAVE WE DONE!
- Leonid Toptunov heads into work for the midnight shift to switch out his coworker and conduct his first plant safety test.
- Why is everyone leaving?
- Leonid meets Anatoly Dyatlov, the man in charge of the unit, and starts the test. When the test starts to go bad, Anatoly insists on continuing.
- On April 26th at approximately 1:00 a.m., the nuclear reactor exploded sending massive amounts of nuclear radiation into the air. The plant caught on fire and two people died inside the plant.
- As the radiation spread into the city of Pripyat, people didn't know what happened and didn't start to evacuate until the beginning of dawn.
- The explosion had a major impact on the rest of the world and Europe. A radioactive cloud surrounded Europe. It caused diseases like cancer and forced the relocation of over 300,000 people. This explosion played a big role in the fall of the Soviet Union.
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