That event, paired with the Chernobyl explosion in Ukraine in 1986, halted the growth of the American nuclear power industry for a generation.
It was only much later that Alexei's mystery sickness was connected with the Chernobyl explosion.
Over time, the sum of radionuclide contamination is estimated to 2-3 Chernobyl explosions.
They point to accidents like the Three Mile Island incident and the Chernobyl explosion as proof of how badly things can go wrong.
All over the rest of the Soviet Union, the Chernobyl explosion was a powerful force for making people think about the environment.
The Chernobyl explosion might not have happened.
After the Chernobyl explosion and the Three Mile Island accident, atomic energy has become verboten.
A3 The Soviet nuclear power program has continued despite the Chernobyl explosion.
The Chernobyl explosion and fire, which began as a result of a series of human errors, has taken 31 lives by the Soviet Government's account.
Madam President, I was here in Parliament when the Chernobyl explosion took place.