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CHORNOBYL', UKRAINE - AUGUST 18: A giant catfish swallows a piece of bread while swimming in a contaminated cooling pond at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant on August 18, 2017 near Chornobyl', Ukraine. On April 26, 1986 reactor number four exploded after a safety test went wrong, spreading radiation over thousands of square kilometers in different directions. The nearby town of Pripyat, which had a population of approxiamtely 40,000 and housed the plant workers and their families, was evacuated and has been abandoned ever since. Today tourists often visit the town on specially-organized tours from Kiev. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

CHORNOBYL', UKRAINE - AUGUST 18:  A giant catfish swallows a piece of bread while swimming in a contaminated cooling pond at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant on August 18, 2017 near Chornobyl', Ukraine. On April 26, 1986 reactor number four exploded after a safety test went wrong, spreading radiation over thousands of square kilometers in different directions. The nearby town of Pripyat, which had a population of approxiamtely 40,000 and housed the plant workers and their families, was evacuated and has been abandoned ever since. Today tourists often visit the town on specially-organized tours from Kiev.  (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)