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Sarcophagus over Reactor No. 4 of Chernobyl nuclear power plant

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Technician at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant control room of reactor n° 3.

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Boys w. Limb & facial birth defect deformities linked to radiation contamination fr. 1986 nuclear plant accident, at children's home for Chernobyl...

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General view of a forest fire in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, near Chernobyl city, Ukraine on April 28, 2015. A forest fire in northern Ukraine has...

Forest fire at Chernobyl Exclusion Zone in Ukraine

Manifestation anti nucléaire suite à la catastrophe de Tchernobyl. Paris, le 24 Mai 1986.

Catastrophe de Tchernobyl

Contrôle de radiations, à la frontière de la RFA et de la RDA, suite à la catastrophe nucléaire de Tchernobyl. Herleshausen, le 4 Mai 1986.

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Shadow of Chornobyl NPP

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Chernobyl Nuclear Plant

Abandoned dodgem cars in the fun fair at Pripyat Central Park, evacuated town, two kilometres from the Chernobyl power station, November 1995.

Abandoned Fun Fair Pripyat, Chernobyl

Chernobyl Power Station, reactor number 4, inside its steel and concrete sarcophagus, November 1995.

Chernobyl Power Station

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Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky attends the event to commemorate 35th anniversary of Chernobyl disaster

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Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky attends the event to commemorate 35th anniversary of Chernobyl disaster

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