Chernobyl Workers Leave Nuclear Facility After 600 Hours On Site

Chernobyl Workers Leave Nuclear Facility After 600 Hours On Site
A worker makes a phone call in the control room of Reactor 2 inside the former Chernobyl nuclear power plant near Chernobyl, Ukraine, on Sept. 29, 2015. Sean Gallup/Getty Images
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Workers at the Chernobyl nuclear plant in Ukraine were able to go back home after they spent roughly 600 hours at the facility following its takeover by the Russian military.

In total, 64 workers were evacuated on March 20, which includes 50 employees from the plant and 9 members of the National Guard of Ukraine, according to a Facebook post from officials.
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