April 26, 1986

1986-04-26 01:23 UTC

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Reactor four

Reactor four
Photo: IAEA Imagebank · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
A test at the Chernobyl plant ends in the worst nuclear accident on record.
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When exactly did reactor four take place?
It is recorded at 1986-04-26 01:23 UTC — April 26, 1986 in Coordinated Universal Time. Every minute in this registry is stored in UTC so it reads the same anywhere in the world.
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