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International Chernobyl Disaster Memorial Day
● International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day is held annually on 26 April to raise international awareness of the dangers of nuclear power and the consequences of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster.
● On April 26, 1986, an explosion at a nuclear reactor at the Chernobyl power station in Soviet Ukraine during an experiment killed 31 people.
● On April 26, 1986, there was a chemical explosion at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the former Soviet Union, which spread dangerous radioactive elements into the atmosphere.
● The Chernobyl accident was the result of a faulty reactor that was being operated with insufficiently trained personnel.
● The destruction of the reactor by the vapors and fire of the resulting explosion released at least 5% of radioactive reactor material into the environment, with deposits of radioactive material over many parts of Europe.
● This disaster was the only accident in the history of commercial nuclear power where deaths were due to radiation.
● About 3,50,000 people were evacuated from the region as a result of the accident.
● Because of this, many parts of the former Soviet Union were exposed to radiation.
● The areas affected by this accident now come under the territory of Russia, Ukraine and Russia.
● According to the United Nations, the Chernobyl accident is counted among the most serious accidents in history, in which about 8.4 million people in three countries were exposed to radiation.