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NBC: An uncertain health legacy
20 years after worst nuclear disaster ever, health effects still debated

Images: Inside 'black zones'
Click to see images from the areas contaminated by Chernobyl's radioactive fallout.

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Ukrainians remember Chernobyl

NBC: Author of U.N. report explains findings

NBC: More radiation research necessary

Chernobyl cover-up a catalyst for ‘glasnost’

NBC: Recalling first news of Chernobyl

Vote: Is nuclear power an energy option?

Still need to secure Chernobyl site

Three Mile Island could see longer life

Villagers return to Chernobyl’s shadow

Chernobyl: Ukraine’s Soviet-era nightmare

Nuclear power resurfaces after Chernobyl

Could Chernobyl happen again?

China has no Chernobyl hang-ups

Looking to Japan for clues on Chernobyl

NBC Video: Chernobyl anniversary

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Chernobyl disaster still being felt
April 26: Twenty years after the Chernobyl disaster, the world's worst nuclear accident, the horrendous fallout is still being felt. NBC's Preston Mendenhall reports.

Chernobyl kindergarten frozen in time

Preventing further leaks

Life in the Chernobyl zone

Surviving against the odds

Photographing Chernobyl

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The fallout
Click to see images from the months and years immediately following the disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear reactor.

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The Chernobyl disaster