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The impact of Chernobyl's nuclear disaster 33 years later

The impact of Chernobyl's nuclear disaster 33 years later

04/21/2019

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The impact of Chernobyl's nuclear disaster 33 years later

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The impact of Chernobyl's nuclear disaster 33 years later

It will be 33 years this week that the former Soviet Union experienced a devastating nuclear disaster in what is now a part of Chernobyl, Ukraine, killing 29 people and causing permanent evacuations for miles. For more on the aftermath of the accident, Hari Sreenivasan is joined by Adam Higginbotham, author of “Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World’s Greatest Nuclear Disaster.”

04/21/2019

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