NUCLEAR AUTUMN

Genre
Cold war
Number of episodes
1
Length
44

The worlds first nuclear accident happened on September 29, 1957 at the Mayak nuclear plant near the small city of Ozersk in the Chelyabinsk region of the USSR. A mishandled container released tons of radioactive waste into the atmosphere. Thousands of people received huge doses of radiation. Residents deserted dozens of villages, covering thousands of square miles. The accident at Mayak is often referred to as The Soviet Hiroshima.

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