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The world on Tuesday marks a quarter century since the world's worst nuclear disaster at Chornobylin Ukraine, haunted by fears over the safety of atomic energy after the Japan earthquake.In the early hours of April 26, 1986, workers at the Chornobyl atomic power stationwere carrying out a test on reactor four when operating errors and design flaws sparked successive explosions.The radioactive debris landed around the reactor, creating an apocalyptic scene in the surrounding area, while material also blew into the neighbouring Soviet republics of Belarus and Russiaand further west into Europe.Read the story here