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On what day did an unauthorized test of the plants four reactors occur in Chernobyl?

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On Apr. 25 1986 during an unauthorized test of one of the plant's four reactors engineers initiated an uncontrolled chain reaction in the core of the reactor after disabling emergency backup systems.

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