In Focus: The "Liquidators" Who Cleaned Up Chernobyl
The meltdown at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in northern Ukraine on April 26, 1986 ultimately claimed at least 9,000 lives and affected millions more. It also created a toxic mess that needed to be cleaned up. The Soviet Union sent in humans — 600,000 of them, including firefighters, soldiers, …
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