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5 September 2005 | Geneva - A total of up to 4000 people could eventually die of radiation exposure from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant (NPP) accident nearly 20 years ago, an international team of more than 100 scientists has concluded.
Evacuation Soviet authorities started evacuating people from the area around Chernobyl within 36 hours of the accident. The Chernobyl accident: What happened. Reactor Four at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant began to fail in the early hours of 26 April, 1986.Seven seconds after the operators activated the 20-second shut down system, there was a power surge. The chemical explosions that followed were so powerful that they blew the 1,000 ton cover off the top of the reactor.vacuation Soviet authorities started evacuating people from the area around Chernobyl within 36 hours of the accident. The Chernobyl accident: What happened. Reactor Four at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant began to fail in the early hours of 26 April, 1986.