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[edit] Summary

Aftermath of Chernobyl Disaster where the reactor exploded following tests on it, showing the extensive damage to the main reactor hall (image center) and turbine building (image lower left)

[edit] Licensing

This image is a faithful digitalization of a unique historic photograph, and the copyright for it is most likely held by the photographer who took the photograph or the agency employing the photographer. It is believed that the use of this photograph

to illustrate the event in question where:
The photograph depicts a non-reproducible historic event, and no free alternative exists or can be created, and
The image is low resolution and of no larger and of no higher quality than is necessary for the illustration of an article, and the use of the image on Wikipedia is not expected to decrease the value of the copyright,
on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation,

qualifies as fair use under United States copyright law. Other use of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Fair use for more information.

If this does not accurately describe this image, please remove this tag and provide a different fair use rationale.

To the uploader: please add a detailed fair use rationale for each use, as described on Wikipedia:Image description page, as well as the source of the work and copyright information.

Widely published photograph, taken by either an unknown Russian journalist or by an Russian authority agent at that time, either way it qualifies as fair use. If anyone knows who exactly took this photograph, please add his/her/the agency name who took this photo please add the name concerned. Found this photo on:[1]

[edit] Fair use rationale

It clearly shows the immediate aftermath of the Chernobyl Power Plant reactor #4.
No free equivalent is available or could be created that would adequately give the same information
The photo is only being used for informational purposes.
Its inclusion in the article adds significantly to the article because it shows the subject of this article and how the event depicted was very historically significant to the general public.

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(del) (cur) 16:39, 23 April 2006 . . Winhunter (Talk | contribs) . . 497×579 (71,675 bytes) (Aftermath of Chernobyl Disaster ==License== {{fair use in|Chernobyl Disaster}})