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The detailed events of April 26, 1986, when Chernobyl Unit 4 explodes. What begins as a routine safety test ends in the world's first exposed nuclear reactor.

Tha iadsan a bha an sàs ann a’ mìneachadh mara thachair air oidhche an 26mh den Ghiblean, 1986, an uair a tha Ionad a Ceithir a spreadhadh. Tha an rud a tha a’ tòiseachadh mar dheuchainn sàbhailteachd àbhaisteach a’ crìochnachadh mar a’ chiad readhachtair niùclasach foillsichte san t-saoghal.

Those involved in the events of the night of April 26, 1986, reconstruct them in detail when Chernobyl Unit 4 explodes. What begins as a routine safety test ends in the world's first exposed nuclear reactor.

Dubbed in Gaelic with English subtitles.

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