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Twenty-two years ago today the Soviet Union announced that a serious nuclear accident had occurred at the Chernobyl nuclear reactor in the Ukraine near the small town of Pripyat 100 kilometres from the capital Kiev. The explosion in reactor number four, which occurred three days before, is the world's worst reactor meltdown, spewing radioactive material across the then Soviet Union and much of northern Europe.
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FREDERICTON - Natural Resources Minister Donald Arseneault isn't backing down from his position that uranium exploration doesn't pose any dangers, despite British Columbia's recent decision to ban exploration of the element. "Every jurisdiction has its own premise on why they should go in a certain direction or not, and it's no different for New Brunswick," said Arseneault.
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