Chernobyl disaster

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The Chernobyl disaster was a catastrophic 1986 nuclear power plant accident in Soviet-era Ukraine that released massive radioactive contamination across Europe and became one of the worst nuclear disasters in history.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
industrial accident ⓘ
man-made disaster ⓘ
nuclear disaster ⓘ
radiological contamination event ⓘ
cause flawed reactor design ⓘ
poor safety culture ⓘ
violation of operating procedures ⓘ
cleanupOperationName liquidation ⓘ
cleanupWorkersTerm liquidators ⓘ
commemorationDate 26 April each year ⓘ
contaminationSpreadTo Belarus ⓘ
Central Europe ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
Scandinavia ⓘ
Ukraine ⓘ
Western Europe ⓘ
countryAtTime Soviet Union ⓘ
culturalImpact numerous books, films, and documentaries ⓘ
date 1986-04-26 ⓘ
directWorkerAndFirefighterDeaths 28 from acute radiation syndrome ⓘ
estimatedAffectedPeople hundreds of thousands ⓘ
evacuatedCity Pripyat ⓘ
evacuationRadiusExpanded 30 km ⓘ
evacuationRadiusInitial 10 km ⓘ
firstInternationalDetection Forsmark Nuclear Power Plant in Sweden ⓘ
immediateDeaths 31 ⓘ
impactOnEnergyPolicy slowed nuclear power expansion in Europe ⓘ
impactOnEnvironment creation of Chernobyl radiation-affected ecosystem ⓘ
initialInformationHandling Soviet government secrecy ⓘ
internationalScaleRating INES level 7 ⓘ
ledTo creation of international nuclear safety conventions ⓘ
reforms in nuclear safety standards ⓘ
location Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant ⓘ
Kyiv Oblast ⓘ
Soviet Ukraine ⓘ
surface form: Ukrainian SSR

near Pripyat ⓘ
longTermHealthConcern increased cancer risk ⓘ
psychological trauma ⓘ
thyroid cancer in exposed children ⓘ
memorializedBy Chernobyl Museum in Kyiv ⓘ
newSafeConfinementCompletionYear 2016 ⓘ
notableDramatization Chernobyl ⓘ
surface form: 2019 HBO miniseries Chernobyl
oneOfWorstNuclearAccidentsWith Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster ⓘ
operator Soviet nuclear power authorities ⓘ
protectiveStructure Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant ⓘ
surface form: Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant sarcophagus

New Safe Confinement ⓘ
radioisotopesReleased cesium-137 ⓘ
iodine-131 ⓘ
plutonium isotopes ⓘ
strontium-90 ⓘ
reactorInvolved Reactor No. 4 ⓘ
reactorType RBMK-1000 ⓘ
result core meltdown ⓘ
creation of Chernobyl Exclusion Zone ⓘ
graphite fire ⓘ
long-term environmental contamination ⓘ
massive radioactive release ⓘ
steam explosion ⓘ
triggerEvent late-night safety test ⓘ
year 1986 ⓘ

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Ukraine → historicalEvent → Chernobyl disaster ⓘ
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Series → notableWinner → Chernobyl disaster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chernobyl
Northern Ukraine → historicallyAffectedBy → Chernobyl disaster ⓘ
Polesia → affectedBy → Chernobyl disaster ⓘ
Stellan Skarsgård → notableWork → Chernobyl disaster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chernobyl
Soviet Ukraine → experiencedEvent → Chernobyl disaster ⓘ
global anti-nuclear movement → reactedTo → Chernobyl disaster ⓘ
Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic → experiencedEvent → Chernobyl disaster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chernobyl disaster fallout
20th century → hasMajorEvent → Chernobyl disaster ⓘ
Gorbachev era → significantEvent → Chernobyl disaster ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1986 Chernobyl disaster
Chernobyl Exclusion Zone → establishedAfter → Chernobyl disaster ⓘ
Gomel Region → affectedBy → Chernobyl disaster ⓘ
Chernobyl → basedOn → Chernobyl disaster ⓘ
Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant → notableEvent → Chernobyl disaster ⓘ
Svetlana Alexievich → fieldOfWork → Chernobyl disaster ⓘ
Reactor No. 4 → disasterName → Chernobyl disaster ⓘ
RBMK-1000 → notableAccident → Chernobyl disaster ⓘ
Pripyat → evacuationCause → Chernobyl disaster ⓘ
INES level 7 → hasExample → Chernobyl disaster ⓘ
Chernobyl Museum in Kyiv → dedicatedTo → Chernobyl disaster ⓘ
Chernobyl Museum in Kyiv → dedicatedTo → Chernobyl disaster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant accident
New Safe Confinement → relatedToEvent → Chernobyl disaster ⓘ