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The monument dedicated to the victims of the Chernobyl disaster stands in front of a large dome installed over the exploded reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear plant, Chernobyl, Ukraine. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Forty years after the Chernobyl disaster, its legacy still resonates

The nuclear incident at Chernobyl spread radiation across Europe and led to political changes that played a role in the collapse of the Soviet Union.
US-led Operation Dominic saw 24 thermonuclear detonations over Kiritimati between April and November 1962. piemags/Alamy Stock Photo

‘Our nuclear childhood’: the sisters who witnessed H‑bomb tests on their Pacific island and are still coming to terms with the fallout

Manchester mayor Andy Burnham suggests the treatment of nuclear test veterans will be the next major UK public scandal to emerge. But how do the local people of Kiritimati recall these tests?

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