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From the Archives, 1986: Soviets call for help in meltdown We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss From the Archives, 1986: Soviets call for help in meltdown 35 years ago, Chernobyl’s No. 4 reactor exploded. As a radioactive cloud spread across Europe, Soviet nuclear authorities sought help from abroad. By Staff correspondent Save Normal text size The Sydney Morning Herald on April 30, 1986 LONDON, Tuesday: The Soviet Union turned to the West for help today in putting out a fire at a stricken nuclear power plant whose core, say Swedish experts, has melted. Moscow was reported to have sought advice from Sweden and West Germany. In Bonn, an expert on nuclear power said the request indicated that the nuclear core of a reactor had probably melted.

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