Entombing Chernobyl
Pripyat, Ukraine
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On April 26, 1986, a botched test at the Chernobyl nuclear plant sent clouds of smouldering nuclear material across large swathes of Europe, forced over 50,000 people to evacuate and poisoned unknown numbers of workers involved in its clean-up.
The surrounding zone, which at 2,600 square kilometers is roughly the size of Luxembourg, remains largely uninhabitable and closed to unsanctioned visitors.
