Thirty-one years ago April 26, the Chornobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine exploded, commencing the worst nuclear disaster in history. More than three decades later, the 1986 meltdown is still considered the world’s worst nuclear disaster.
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International Business Times: Ukraine still feeling Chornobyl’s effects
People set candles and lay flowers at the monument to Chornobyl victims in Slavutych, the city of the power station's personnel live, some 50 kilometres (30 miles) from the accident site, during a memorial ceremony early on April 26. Ukraine on April 26 marks the 31st anniversary of the Chornobyl disaster which was the world's worst nuclear accident.
