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The Chernobyl Reactor

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Goldenberg, David. “The Famous Photo of Chernobyl’s Most Dangerous Radioactive Material Was a Selfie.” Atlas Obscura, 24 Jan. 2016, www.atlasobscura.com/articles/elephants-foot-chernobyl.
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Franganillo, Jorge. “Memorial to Those who Saved the World.” Flickr,
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The City of Pryp'yat'

Taylor, Alan. “Visiting Chernobyl 32 Years after the Disaster.” The Atlantic, The Atlantic, 26 Apr. 2018, www.theatlantic.com/photo/2018/04/visiting-chernobyl-32-years-after-the-disaster/559016/.
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Works Cited

“Cheating Chernobyl.” New Scientist Website, 21 Aug. 2004, newscientist.com/article/mg18324615-300-cheating-chernobyl/.
“Chernobyl: a 35 year follow up on long-term health effects.” the cancer letter, Apr. 2021, com/guest-editorial/20210423_3/.
“The Chernobyl Disaster: An International Perspective.” SAGE Journals Online, 1987, jstor.org/stable/26162628.
“Chernobyl: Survivors reflect on nuclear accident, Russian occupation.” united nations, Apr. 2023, un.org/en/story/2023/04/1136067.
“Health Effects of the Chernobyl Accident: an overview.” world health organization, 24 Apr. 2006, who.int/docs/default-source/documents/publications/health-effects-of-the-chernobyl-accident.pdf.
Hodgson, Peter. “Chernobyl after five years.” Contemporary Review, vol. 261, no. 1518, July 1992, pp. 20+. Gale In Context: Global Issues, gale.com/apps/doc/A13837151/GPS?u=j084910&sid=bookmark-GPS&xid=030990af. Accessed 13 Dec. 2025.
“How Chernobyl Jump-Started The Global Nuclear Safety Regime.” us government accountabilty office, Sept. 2019, gao.gov/blog/2019/09/12/how-chernobyl-jump-started-the-global-nuclear-safety-regime.
“Nuclear Power after Chernobyl.” American Association for the Advancement of Science, 8 May 1987, ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3576192/.
“The post- Chernobyl outlook for nuclear power.” International Atomic Energy Agency, 1986, iaea.org/sites/default/files/28304780912.pdf.
“A Survivor Reflects On Chernobyl Disaster, 25 Years Later.” npr, 26 Apr. 2011, npr.org/2011/04/26/135735919/a-survivor-reflects-on-chernobyl-disaster-25-years-later.