The Google Zeitgeist has reported that Chernobyl is the top searched keyword as of May 8, 2006.
What Chernobyl anyway?
According to the Wikipedia, Chernobyl is the in northern Ukraine.
Chernobyl (Ukrainian: Chornobyl (Чорно́биль), Russian Chernobyl (Черно́быль) is a city in northern Ukraine, near the border with Belarus (). It was a major communications node and important centre of trade and commerce, especially in 19th century. … (link)
It is also said that it is the city of the Soviet Republick of Byelorussia.
A city in the Soviet Republic of Byelorussia and the site of the world’s most disastrous nuclear accident in April 1986. The nuclear energy red radiation-related ailments such as endocrine/immune system problems and birth defects. (link)
It is the site of a major disaster at a nuclear power plant,
a city in north central Ukraine; site of a major disaster at a nuclear power plant (26 April 1986) (link)
in which a nuclear reactor burst,
The town in the Ukraine in which a nuclear reactor burst in 1986, releasing radioactive material which continues to poison large areas of Belarus (see Environmental Issues page). (link)
caused by overheating from a nonpressurized boiling-water reactor.
Ukraine. In April 1986 there was an explosive leak, caused by overheating, from a nonpressurized boiling-water reactor, one of the largest in Europe. The resulting clouds of radioactive material spread as far as the UK. Thirty-one people were killed in the explosion, and thousands of square kilometres of land were contaminated by fallout. … (link)
The disaster has resulted to a widespread radiation damage,
Massive meltdown in a Soviet nuclear reactor in 1986, causing widespread radiation damage. (link)
in which the resulting clouds of radioactive materials spread, wherein 31 people were killed during the explosion but thousands of hectares of land were contaminated.
Ukraine. In April 1986 there was an explosive leak, caused by overheating, from a nonpressurized boiling-water reactor, one of the largest in Europe. The resulting clouds of radioactive material spread as far as the UK. Thirty-one people were killed in the explosion, and thousands of square kilometres of land were contaminated by fallout. … (link)
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