Chernobyl is located in ivankov District, Kiev, Ukraine (formerly Chernobyl District), with latitude and longitude of 5123'14 "N3006' 41"E/51.38722N30.165438.

Chernobyl, also translated as Chernobyl, extended to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant leakage incident. Chernobyl was originally a once unknown rural place name in northern Ukraine. It has been famous for some time because of a nuclear accident at a nuclear power plant that has been frightening so far.

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1 986 in the early morning of April 26th130, the No.4 nuclear reactor of Chernobyl nuclear power plant caught fire suddenly during the semi-baking experiment, causing an explosion.

The explosion caused the unit to be completely damaged, more than 8 tons of radioactive materials leaked and dust drifted with the wind, resulting in nuclear radiation pollution in many areas of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine. It is estimated that the radiation pollution caused by this nuclear accident is equivalent to 100 times of the atomic bombing in Hiroshima, Japan.

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