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Experts examine how the Chernobyl nuclear disaster and the Bhopal gas tragedy happened; they also explore the consequences and how they could have been avoided.
Experts examine how the Chernobyl nuclear disaster and the Bhopal gas tragedy happened; they also explore the consequences and how they could have been avoided.
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