Video: What exactly happened at Chernobyl?

What Exactly Happened at Chernobyl? (video)
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On April 26, 1986, the Soviet Union's Chernobyl Power Complex nuclear reactor 4 exploded.

This week on Reactions, we talk about the chemistry behind this catastrophic event:

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