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From the Archives, 1986: Soviets call for help in meltdown
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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.
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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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