What year did the nuclear explosion happen in Chernobyl, Russia?

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Any time :)

The incident occurred in 1986 at reactor number 4 and yes Miguel while some areas within the area are being repopulated, there is an area known as the Chernobyl exclusion zone, stretching an area 2’600 kms from the power plant, cities such as Prypiat are now ghost towns and will never be inhabited again, the Exclusion Zone is one of the most radioactively contaminated areas in the world, scientific interest due to the high levels of radiation exposure in the environment, as well as increasing interest from tourists grows.

1986. (Same year I was born :P). And because no one is really allowed into the “Chernobyl exclusion zone”, that area has turned into an almost perfectly pristine natural park :P. Because your average wildlife don’t live nearly as long as humans - they are not affected as much radiation, and don’t have time to develop cancer. (It doesn’t just happen instantly from walking by a radioactively contaminated areas). Wildlife that was nearly non-existent in the area is now thriving :P.

BTW: Chernobyl is in Ukraine. Ukraine used to be a part of the USSR. Russia used to be a part of the USSR. So they were the same state when the catastrophe happened. They’re not the same state now. Just sayin’…

Oh, sorry :/