The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 209, Issues 4-6National Geographic Society., 2006 - Geography |
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Gerd Ludwig's coverage of Chernobyl's legacy made me think twice . The worst nuclear accident in history , the explosion of the Chernobyl reactor 20 years ago released 400 times more radioactivity than Hiroshima .
Gerd Ludwig's coverage of Chernobyl's legacy made me think twice . The worst nuclear accident in history , the explosion of the Chernobyl reactor 20 years ago released 400 times more radioactivity than Hiroshima .
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CHERNOBYL'S DEADLY FOOTPRINT Windblown fallout like the plume shown below fell thick near the reactor , forcing the evacuation of more than a thousand square miles straddling the Ukraine - Belarus border ( right ) .
CHERNOBYL'S DEADLY FOOTPRINT Windblown fallout like the plume shown below fell thick near the reactor , forcing the evacuation of more than a thousand square miles straddling the Ukraine - Belarus border ( right ) .
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The millions of ordinary people who had the bad luck to live downwind of Chernobyl are also at risk . The initial explosion rained radioactive material to the west of the reactor , sparing Pripyat a direct hit while killing a swath of ...
The millions of ordinary people who had the bad luck to live downwind of Chernobyl are also at risk . The initial explosion rained radioactive material to the west of the reactor , sparing Pripyat a direct hit while killing a swath of ...
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Features | 12 |
FOSSILS | 14 |
Inside Chernobyl 32 Twenty years after a nuclear reactor exploded blanketing | 36 |
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