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Chernobyl disaster is a former featured article candidate. Please view the links under Article milestones below to see why the nomination failed. For older candidates, please check the archive.

Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
March 8, 2006	Good article nominee	Listed
May 7, 2006	Good article reassessment	Delisted
January 3, 2009	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
February 14, 2013	Good article nominee	Not listed
Facts from this article were featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "On this day..." column on April 26, 2004, April 26, 2005, April 26, 2006, April 26, 2007, April 26, 2009, April 26, 2012, April 26, 2013, and April 26, 2016.
Current status: Former featured article candidate

Bridge of Death (Prypiat) was nominated for deletion. The discussion was closed on 27 March 2009 with a consensus to merge. Its contents were merged into Chernobyl disaster. The original page is now a redirect to this page. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected article, please see its history; for its talk page, see here.

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Section sizes

Section size for Chernobyl disaster (64 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	11,742	11,742
Background	18	20,504
Reactor cooling after shutdown	6,352	6,352
Safety test	2,712	2,712
Test delay and shift change	4,112	4,112
Unexpected drop of the reactor power	4,421	4,421
Reactor conditions priming the accident	2,889	2,889
Accident	16	17,610
Test execution	1,797	1,797
Reactor shutdown and power excursion	6,299	6,299
Steam explosions	9,498	9,498
Crisis management	24	24,087
Fire containment	7,153	7,153
Radiation levels	2,186	2,186
Evacuation	7,857	7,857
Official announcement	6,867	6,867
Core meltdown risk mitigation	430	13,430
Bubbler pools	9,566	9,566
Foundation protection measures	3,434	3,434
Immediate site and area remediation	42	9,995
Debris removal	2,551	2,551
Construction of the sarcophagus	2,576	2,576
Investigations of the reactor condition	1,769	1,769
Area cleanup	3,057	3,057
Investigations and the evolution of identified causes	1,451	1,451
Fizzled nuclear explosion hypothesis	5,470	5,470
Release and spread of radioactive materials	12,798	20,968
Relative isotopic abundances	8,170	8,170
Environmental impact	122	26,633
Water bodies	6,191	6,191
Flora, fauna, and funga	6,127	6,127
Human food chain	8,043	8,043
Precipitation on distant high ground	378	6,150
Norway	2,203	2,203
United Kingdom	3,569	3,569
Human impact	574	75,118
Acute radiation effects and immediate aftermath	6,770	6,770
Long-term impact	6,305	6,305
Effects of main harmful radionuclides	3,595	3,595
Disputed investigation	3,919	3,919
Withdrawn investigation	2,584	2,584
Abortions	11,306	11,306
Cancer assessments	16,716	16,716
Other disorders	4,825	4,825
Long-term radiation deaths	7,586	7,586
Socio-economic impact	10,938	10,938
Long term site remediation	970	16,467
Decommissioning of other reactors	1,554	1,554
No. 4 reactor confinement	5,779	5,779
Waste management	2,968	8,164
Fuel-containing materials	5,196	5,196
Exclusion zone	5,856	9,333
Forest fire concerns	3,477	3,477
Recovery projects	4,842	4,842
Nuclear debate	8,974	8,974
Cultural impact	5,134	7,047
Tourism	1,913	1,913
See also	471	471
References	18	286
Notes	28	28
Footnotes	31	31
Works cited	209	209
Further reading	79	79
External links	3,272	3,272
Total	277,779	277,779