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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