City Where Chernobyl Was Filmed Fears Real-Life Nuclear Disaster

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A nuclear-power facility opening in Belarus has the nearby Baltic city of Vilnius on edge.

Cooling towers sit at the Astravets nuclear power facility.

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Its streets helped form the backdrop for this year’s hit TV show Chernobyl, which depicted a deadly explosion at the Soviet-era nuclear plant in 1986.

Now, the Baltic city of Vilnius is preparing for its own potential real-life atomic catastrophe.