27 years since Chernobyl disaster

27 years since Chernobyl disaster

CHERNOBYL, Ukraine - Photo taken April 23, 2013, shows the Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, enclosed in a concrete sarcophagus, where the worst nuclear disaster occurred, in Chernobyl, northern Ukraine. Due to the aging of the sarcophagus, a huge dome is under construction to cover it and prevent the spread of radiation, almost 27 years after the disaster that occurred on April 26, 1986.

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