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Chernobyl noun uk /tʃɜːˈnəʊ.bəl/ us /tʃɚˈnoʊ.bəl/ a city in northern Ukraine that was the site of a serious explosion in a nuclear power station in 1986: Within a 30 km radius of Chernobyl, 135,000 people were evacuated. The long-term mental health consequences of the Chernobyl disaster continue to be a concern. Jacob Kirkegaard’s CD Four Rooms (2006) is based on field recordings from the contaminated areas around Chernobyl. Many responses deal with other traumatic world events, such as the nuclear meltdown in Chernobyl or Fukushima. He came upon a story called "The Light of the Eyes" by Menahem Nahum, an 18th-century rabbi who was reared in Chernobyl. |