Scientists at the plant attempt an experiment, for which none of them are trained, and a near worst case scenario results.
Thirty-two are killed, and thousands are poisoned by the radiation that the explosion spreads. Millions of acres of forest and farmland are poisoned as well.
At first the USSR tried hiding the explosion, but Swedish scientists publicly announced their readings of the radiation cloud.
The plant wouldn't be fully shutdown until 2000.
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