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Chernobyl Disaster Events :warning: :explode: (1970 :red_flag: (1972 …

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        April – The Minister of Energy, Anatoly Mayorets, decrees that information on any adverse effects caused by the functioning of the energy industry on employees, inhabitants and the environment, were not suitable for publication by newspapers, radio or television.
        
        December – The construction of Unit 4 at Chernobyl is completed and the plant becomes operational on the 20th. This news was reported by the media on 22 December, a festive day for workers in the energy industry. In the Soviet Union it was customary for all sections of public employment to have their own special day, when they receive public acclaim for their work and are given extra bonuses.
        
        A partial core meltdown occurs in reactor No. 1. The extent of the accident was not made public until 1985. The reactor was repaired and put back into operation within months. :warning:
        
        Pripyat officially proclaimed as a city.
        April – The Chernobyl Atomic Power Station reaches its first 10 billion kilowatt-hours of electical output.
        
        The first of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plants four reactors is ready to operate followed by number 2 in 1978.
        According to data held by the KGB, design deviations and violations of construction and assembly are occurring in the construction of the 2nd generating unit. :warning:
      - October – Filling of the cooling water reservoir for the Chernobyl Power Plant begins. :check: