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UN: Consequences Remain Decades After Chernobyl Disaster

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   The United Nations says persistent and serious long-term consequences
   remain more than 30 years after the explosion and fire at the Chernobyl
   nuclear power plant in Ukraine.

   The world body is marking International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance
   Day on April 26, the 34th anniversary of the accident that spread a
   radioactive cloud over large parts of Belarus, Ukraine, and Russia.

   The anniversary is being marked after fires recently burned in the
   30-kilometer exclusion zone around the plant, raising concerns about
   the potential release of radioactive particles into the air.

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