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Archive Home > 2011 > March > 23 > For Russia, Chernobyl made nuclear safe

For Russia, Chernobyl made nuclear safe

By Andrew E. Kramer / The Bulletin
March 23, 2011

MOSCOW — It was truly a trial by fire — one that has now become part of Russia’s nuclear marketing message, cynical as that might seem.

In April 1986, as workers and engineers scrambled to keep the Chernobyl nuclear power plant’s molten, radioactive uranium from burrowing into the earth, a....

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