radioactive cloud
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April 1986 - Explosion at Chernobyl nuclear reactor spreads radioactive cloud across Europe.
From Reuters • Aug. 30, 2022
When a radioactive cloud rose from the Chernobyl plant in 1986 and moved toward Western Europe, Fessenheim quickly became a rallying point for West German activists.
From Washington Post • Dec. 18, 2021
Rosatom has denied responsibility for the recent radioactive cloud, which was centered around a facility run by the company.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2017
In 1986, the authorities implied that a radioactive cloud drifting west from the stricken nuclear plant at Chernobyl had halted, as if by some miracle of geography and science, just before France’s eastern border.
From New York Times • Jan. 23, 2013
Sailors on the Reagan later reported that they had been caught in a radioactive cloud.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
