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Chernobyl

Ten years after the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident, NPR's Dan Charles reports that similar nuclear plants continue to operate throughout the former Soviet Union. More than a dozen plants with similar design flaws remain in operation, despite calls to shut them down. The biggest impediment is money to pay to replace the power the plants generate.

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