Blame: The Cause Of The Chernobyl Disaster

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Why occurred on 26 April 1986 because an operator did something wrong. Most serious of the nuclear accidents. It will be managed by a dome that has s to build will be rolled over the reactor 4. It was initially kept a secret. Blame has been placed on people working in the factory and Most people affected were in the exclusion zone. Approximately 600,000-800,000 firefighters and emergency workers were on the scene. Statue was erected in honor of the fire men who gave there lives to save someone else it is in front of the fire station.

Mutations, there was a mutated car fish and some on got bit. The Przewalski's horse nearly went extinct because of radiation. The Przewalski's horse is introduced to chernobyl in 1998. Without humans

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