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Today, 40 years ago, a nuclear reactor exploded and changed the world.

It's now clear that the Soviet Union has suffered one of the worst disasters in the

history of nuclear power. That same place is still radioactive, and now part of a war zone. So what

does Chernobyl look like four decades later? I'm Malika Bilal, and this is The Take.

Hey everyone.

Had you heard of the Chernobyl disaster?

And if so, was it from your history books, or do you remember living through it?

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on a podcast player, leave us a review. We want to hear from you too. Now, here's the show. My name is Neil Sadler,

and I am a producer with Al-Dezera English. Neals, welcome back to The Take. You have just been

to one of the most infamous places in the world, a place sort of frozen in time, but also constantly changing.

So I want to start there because 40 years ago, the world's worst nuclear disaster

erupted in this Ukrainian city.

A nuclear accident has occurred at a Soviet atomic plant in the Ukraine. It is believed

serious, but details of damage, injuries, or casualties are few so far. When you walk into

Chernobyl today, what does it feel like? Does it feel like history or does it feel like something

that is still very present? Well, Malika, it's a bit of both. So you arrive and it's an incredibly eerie feeling.

And because to enter their Chernobyl exclusion zone, which is an area of roughly the size of

Luxembourg or around about the size of Rhode Island for the US listeners, it's completely closed off from

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