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Ukraine marks 29 years since Chornobyl nuclear disaster

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Ukrainians marked 29 years since the Chornobyl nuclear disaster, laying wreaths and candles near the plant where the works to lay a new seal over the reactor site havebeen delayed.

The explosion at reactor number four
of the Chornobyl power plant in the early hours of April 26, 1986 sent
radioactive fallout into the atmosphere that spread from the Soviet
Union across Europe.

Read a story about what Chornobyl looks like 29 years after the tragedy here.