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| | Chernobyl - Facts from the Encyclopedia - Yahoo! Education (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20) |
 | | Ten miles (16 km) to the north, in the town of Pripyat, is the Chernobyl nuclear power station, site of the worst nuclear reactor disaster in history. |
 | | On Apr. 25, 1986, during an unauthorized test of one of the plant's four reactors, engineers initiated an uncontrolled chain reaction in the core of the reactor after disabling emergency backup systems. |
 | | One Chernobyl reactor remained in operation until Dec., 2000, when the complex was shut down. |
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