Chernobyl: The Explosion Came Before the State Told the Truth
In the early hours of 26 April 1986, Pripyat in northern Ukraine was still asleep. A few kilometres away, Unit 4 at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant was being prepared for a test. Engineers wanted to know whether a spinning turbine could keep the cooling pumps running after the outside power supply was cut, while the diesel generators started. It was meant to be a safety test, not an attack and not an unexpected eve
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In the early hours of 26 April 1986, Pripyat in northern Ukraine was still asleep. A few kilometres away, Unit 4 at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant was being prepared for a test. Engineers wanted to know whether a spinning turbine could keep the cooling pumps running after the outside power supply was cut, while the diesel generators started. It was meant to be a safety test, not an attack and not an unexpected event from outside the plant.
In the early hours of 26 April 1986, Pripyat in northern Ukraine was still asleep. A few kilometres away, Unit 4 at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant was being prepared for a test. Engineers wanted to know whether a spinning turbine could keep the cooling pumps running after the outside power supply was cut, while the diesel generators started. It was meant to be a safety test, not an attack and not an unexpected eve
In the early hours of 26 April 1986, Pripyat in northern Ukraine was still asleep. A few kilometres away, Unit 4 at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant was being prepared for a test. Engineers wanted to know whether a spinning turbine could keep the cooling pumps running after the outside power supply was cut, while the diesel generators started. It was meant to be a safety test, not an attack and not an unexpected eve
In the early hours of 26 April 1986, Pripyat in northern Ukraine was still asleep. A few kilometres away, Unit 4 at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant was being prepared for a test. Engineers wanted to know whether a spinning turbine could keep the cooling pumps running after the outside power supply was cut, while the diesel generators started. It was meant to be a safety test, not an attack and not an unexpected eve
In the early hours of 26 April 1986, Pripyat in northern Ukraine was still asleep. A few kilometres away, Unit 4 at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant was being prepared for a test. Engineers wanted to know whether a spinning turbine could keep the cooling pumps running after the outside power supply was cut, while the diesel generators started. It was meant to be a safety test, not an attack and not an unexpected eve