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  2. Chernobyl disaster - Wikipedia

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    The Chernobyl nuclear power plant is located next to the Pripyat River, which feeds into the Dnieper reservoir system, one of the largest surface water systems in Europe, which at the time supplied water to Kiev's 2.4 million residents, and was still in spring flood when the accident occurred.

  3. Chernobyl Reactors 5 and 6 - Wikipedia

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    Chernobyl Reactors 5 and 6 are unbuilt reactors, a part of Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant's third generation phase. Intended as RBMK-1000 units capable of approximately 1,000 megawatts each, construction began on 1 July 1981 and was partially completed by the time of the Chernobyl disaster on 26 April 1986. The reactors were abandoned afterwards ...

  4. Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant - Wikipedia

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    The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant [a] (ChNPP) is a nuclear power plant undergoing decommissioning.ChNPP is located near the abandoned city of Pripyat in northern Ukraine, 16.5 kilometres (10 mi) northwest of the city of Chernobyl, 16 kilometres (10 mi) from the Belarus–Ukraine border, and about 100 kilometres (62 mi) north of Kyiv.

  5. Timeline of nuclear power - Wikipedia

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    The damaged Reactor 4 following the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, the worst nuclear accident in history. 1983. On December 31, Unit 1 at Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant comes online in the Lithuanian SSR. The first RBMK-1500 unit, at 4800 MWth, it is the largest nuclear reactor unit by thermal power ever. Alongside Unit 2 they are the only RBMK-1500 ...

  6. Today in History: The Chernobyl Disaster and the Old Scourge ...

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  7. Nuclear power phase-out - Wikipedia

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    The power station at Dodewaard was shut down in 1997. In 1997 the government decided to end Borssele's operating licence, at the end of 2003. In 2003 the shut-down was postponed by the government to 2013. [98] [99] In 2005 the decision was reversed and research in expanding nuclear power has been initiated.

  8. Investigations into the Chernobyl disaster - Wikipedia

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    The Chernobyl disaster was a catastrophic nuclear disaster that occurred in the early hours of 26 April 1986, at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Soviet Ukraine.The accident occurred when Reactor Number 4 exploded and destroyed most of the reactor building, spreading debris and radioactive material across the surrounding area, and over the following days and weeks, most of mainland Europe ...

  9. RBMK - Wikipedia

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    shut down in 1996 740 800 Chernobyl-2 Ukraine RBMK-1000 1978 shut down in 1991 due to turbine fire 925 1,000 Chernobyl-3 Ukraine RBMK-1000 1981 shut down in 2000 925 1,000 Chernobyl-4 Ukraine RBMK-1000 1983 destroyed in 1986 925 1,000 Chernobyl-5 Ukraine RBMK-1000 1984 construction cancelled in 1988 950 1,000 Chernobyl-6 Ukraine RBMK-1000 1985