Decades before Chernobyl, the Soviet Union faced a nuclear catastrophe so severe that they kept it hidden from the world for nearly 20 years. This was the Kyshtym Disaster of 1957. It happened at the Mayak plutonium production plant. A cooling system in a massive underground tank containing liquid radioactive waste failed. As the liquid evaporated, the waste overheated, eventually triggering a powerful chemical explosion with the force of roughly 70 tons of TNT. The blast was so intense it blew
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On September 29, 1957, a secret plutonium production site in the Soviet Union suffered a catastrophic failure. The Mayak plant, located near the town of Kyshtym, was storing highly radioactive liquid waste in underground tanks. The cooling system for one of these tanks failed, but the monitoring equipment didn't pick up the error. The waste began to heat up. It eventually dried out and reached explosive temperatures. At 4:20 PM, the tank exploded with the force of roughly 70 to 100 tons of TNT.
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