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Why did Chernobyl change Switzerland?

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    Le point J
  • 27 April 2026
  • Nicolas Chachereau
    • Collège des Humanités, EPFL
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40 years ago, on April 26, 1986, the Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded. The radioactive cloud reached Switzerland four days later.

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