Jennifer Horgan: Humans’ ‘out of sight, out of mind’ attitude to disaster the real threat

Something went terribly wrong with the No. 4 reactor of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant on this day thirty-eight years ago. Nearly 8.4 million people have been exposed to radiation since.

Today, April 26, is International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day.

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