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Monday, January 28, 2013

Chernobyl's Role in the Fall of the Soviet Union

Chernobyl's Role in the Fall of the Soviet Union

The Soviet Union was destroyed by a nuclear explosion, an idea that is supported by non-other than Mikhail Gorbachev himself, the architect of its dismantling.On the 26th of April 1986, poorly trained technicians decided to undertake a systems test of reactor 4 at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. A surplus of energy surged into the reactor which exploded, instantly killing workers in the immediate vicinity and exposing others at the plant to deadly levels of radiation.As residents in the nearby town of Prypiat woke up that morning they suffered…Read more...http://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Chernobyls-Role-in-the-Fall-of-the-Soviet-Union.html

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