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1h 25min, apr 26, 1986 y - Explosion

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Oxygen rushing in combining with hydrogen and super heated graphite, igniting and causing the explosion that ruptured the building. Due to failures in building regulations which meant the reactor was not contained in a reinforced concrete building as in the West.

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1h 25min, apr 26, 1986 y
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~ 39 years ago

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