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Nuclear Power Plant blew up on April 26, 1986, spewing a radioactive plume of black smoke and particulates the atmosphere. The accident at Chernobyl, in Ukraine, is the worst in human history and its effects on human health and the environment some 26 years ago, reverberate to this day. That’s why the memory of the world’s worst nuclear accident weighs heavily on Ukraine’s participation in the coming Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul March 26-27, and makes nuclear safety and nuclear security inseparable, indeed, a matter of life and death. Read full story here.