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Before Chernobyl or without Chernobyl the nuclear power was the safe thing.

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Abdus Salam
Age: 70 †
Born: 1926
Born: January 29
Died: 1996
Died: November 21
Physicist
Theoretical Physicist
University Teacher
Jhang Sadar
Mohammad Abdus Salam
Nuclear
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Power
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Chernobyl

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