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Chornobyl' (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 51 17 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 51.2833 decimal degrees |
| Long: 030 15 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 30.2500 decimal degrees |
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Note: Known for a nuclear accident that occurred nearby. The city of Chernobyl is located 10 miles northwest of the settlement of Pryp'yat, where the nuclear power station known as "Chernobyl" is located; the power station was the site of a major accident when the area was controlled by the Soviet Union in 1986. A chain reaction in the core went out of control; several explosions triggered a large fireball and blew off the heavy steel and concrete lid of the reactor. This and the ensuing fire in the graphite reactor core released large amounts of radioactive material into the atmosphere, where it was carried great distances by air currents. A partial meltdown of the core also occurred. |
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| Chornobyl' (preferred,C,V,Ukrainian (transliterated)-P,U,N)
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| Chornobyl (C,V,Ukrainian (transliterated),U,N)
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| Chernobyl' (C,V)
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| Černobyl' (C,V)
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| Chernobyl (C,O)
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| Tschernobyl (C,V)
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