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exposure Eventually thousands people show signs health effects including cancer from fallout not only stoked fears over dangers it also exposed government lack openness to international community meltdown its aftermath drained Union billions clean-up costs led loss primary energy source dealt serious blow national pride Then-Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev later say he thought C even my launch xA perestroika perhaps real cause collapse five years D Gallery Images Where located northern about miles north Kiev small town constructed few accommodate their families Construction began when country still part By four had been completed addition planned subsequent exercise whether an emergency water cooling system work during started m Within seconds uncontrolled reaction caused pressure build up Reactor No form steam blasted reactor plumes chunks burning radioactive debris About three second explosion hurled out additional fuel fire risking breach facility Automatic safety systems normally have kicked into action did because they shut down prior Debris after Credit Igor Kostin Sygma Getty Firefighters arrived scene minutes fight blaze without gear protect them soon number among Eyewitness accounts firefighters who helped battle fires described as tasting like metal feeling pain pins needles faces according CBC documentary series Witness Days many those It wasn t until following day Some hours Reactors were afternoon mobilized troops help rooftop furiously shovel spray keep cool picked minimize take nearly weeks extinguish all using sand lead nitrogen An abandoned bedroom Andreas Jansen Barcroft Media Meanwhile life usual for almost neighboring Aside sight trucks cleaning streets with foam there initially unfolding just away next evacuations residents Residents told days so took very little Most never return homes leadership inform occurred made no official statement global-scale Swedish leaders demanded explanation operators Stockholm registered unusually high levels near Finally Kremlin reported authorities handling followed state broadcast detailing U S Three Mile Island other incidents western countries May parades celebrate ahead Moscow Belarus capital Minsk hazardous amounts streaming wrecked unaware deaths hasty damaged released large quantity substances iodine- cesium- plutonium strontium- air period cloud deposited nearby dust but carried wind Russia Scandinavia parts oEurope attempt contain ordered dispatch hundreds military reservists miners aid corps worked steadily often inadequate protective through clear Exterior view sarcophagus built Over hurried construction crews erected steel cement entomb any further release As former liquidator Yaroslav Melnik BBC January We shifts seven time danger After finishing we d throw our clothes garbage Starting consortium organized building bigger secure New Safe Confinement tracks then slid existing November installation new structure one-tenth previous figures designed Elephants Universal Archive UIG via Deep basement lies huge mass melted concrete highly named wrinkled appearance which reminded some observers skin elephant leg foot gave estimated roentgens each hour enough kill person feet less rate roughly per declared died report United Nations Chornobyl Forum while fewer could eventually die excess linked Concerned Scientists thyroid cancers attributed Health remain unclear apart initial confirmed studies conducted assess liquidators populations study National Institutes concluded likely responsible being children or adolescents control panel unit inside exclusion zone Patrick Landmann Apart ever-unfolding human toll left behind area radiation-tainted land -mile-wide around isn considered safe habitation can used logging agriculture due contaminated plants soil however entrepreneurs found use territory December Ukrainian-German company Solar announced solar one-megawatt hundred fitted photovoltaic panels Ukrainian said collection companies develop megawatts That lot close 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