International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day 2023: 26 April

International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day 2023: 26 April

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Category : Important Days Published on: April 27 2023

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  • International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day is observed annually on April 26. 
  • It is a day that forever remembers the tragic day that The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, officially named the Vladimir Lenin Nuclear Power Plant, experienced a malfunction during a systems test.
  • The infamous Chernobyl disaster took place on April 26, 1986, at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the former Soviet Union. 
  • The accident took place during a routine safety test of a nuclear reactor. As per the United Nations (UN), about 50 people got killed immediately.
  • The World Health Organisation (WHO) mentions that an estimated 3940 people died from cancers due to radiation poisoning. 
  • International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day is observed on April 26, annually, in memory and honour of those who lost their lives.
  • After the 30th anniversary of the accident, on December 8, 2016, the United Nations adopted the resolution and proclaimed April 26 as the International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day.
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