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IAEA photograph of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant
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Chernobyl

Even though Chernobyl was a huge disaster, few people know what happened that day. On April 26, 1986, workers at Reactor 4 were conducting a safety test that went catastrophically wrong. ([IAEA Archives](https://archives-catalogue.iaea.org/?utmsource=chatgpt.com))

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  1. Even though Chernobyl was a huge disaster, few people know what happened that day.
  2. WHERE IT WAS AND WHAT REACTOR 4 WAS
  3. THEY WERE TESTING A SAFETY SYSTEM
  4. The reactor was deliberately brought down to low power to conduct the test.
  5. WHY THE TEST MATTERED
  6. THE REACTOR BECAME DANGEROUSLY UNSTABLE
  7. REACTOR 4 EXPLODED
  8. FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVED WITHOUT KNOWING THE DANGER
  9. THE NEARBY CITY WASN'T IMMEDIATELY EVACUATED
  10. THE FIRE RELEASED RADIATION FOR DAYS
  11. WHY IT IS STILL THE ONE EVERYONE SEARCHES
  12. WHY IT NEVER STOPPED BEING WATCHED

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