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On the morning of 26 April 1986, a catastrophic explosion at reactor four of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine saw plumes of radioactivity released into the air over Europe. The event not only changed the future for generations of Ukrainians, but also left a lasting legacy for thousands of farmers more than 1,300 miles away. Read the story here.