What Exactly Happened at Chernobyl? (Video) (IMAGE)

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What Exactly Happened at Chernobyl? (Video)

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On April 26, 1986 the Soviet Union's Chernobyl Power Complex nuclear reactor 4 exploded. This week on Reactions, we talk about the chemistry behind this catastrophic event: https://youtu.be/uvpS2lUHZD8.

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