Chernobyl disaster
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The Chernobyl disaster happened on 26 April 1986. Following a core meltdown, (PROSE: The Nuclear Option) the entire region became uninhabitable. (COMIC: Black Destiny, AUDIO: Power Play) Thousands of firefighters died trying to put out the blaze, (PROSE: The Nuclear Option) and 40,000 people died of cancer as a result of the disaster. (PROSE: Iceberg)
In 2006, Mr Cleaver feared that the Blaidd Drwg project in Cardiff could risk a meltdown a thousand times worse than Chernobyl. (TV: Boom Town)
In 2040, Xin Chun told Roz Forrester about the Chernobyl disaster. (PROSE: The Nuclear Option)