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On April 26, 1986, in modern day Ukraine, the Soviet Union’s Chernobyl Power Complex nuclear reactor 4 exploded. This week on Reactions, we talk about the chemistry behind this catastrophic event.
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Credits:
Producer: Andrew Sobey
Writer: Samantha Jones, PhD
Scientific Consultants: Roger N. Blomquist, Ph.D. Michael P. Short, Ph.D., Najmedin Meshkati, Ph.D., Harry Elston, Ph.D.
Executive Producer: George Zaidan
Music:
Deep Space Dissolves
By Si Phelps, Neologist
Sources:
www.compoundchem.com/2016/04/...
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hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/...
www.unscear.org/unscear/en/ch...
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onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/a...
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