Science & Technology, 1st prize
Victoria Ivleva
Focus
Focus
01 January, 1991
At the end of the day, workers at still functioning units of the power plant are measured for radiation. The disaster five years earlier spread radioactive debris over much of northern and eastern Europe.
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