The Ukrainian government is unable to assert control over the situation, in part due to fear of international sanctions. However, most project leaders are unwilling to cease operations and press their research deeper into the noosphere.In particular, several Soviet military and scientific research laboratories in the Zone lose state funding. Several republics break away from the USSR, declaring independence, and resulting in many clandestine projects being discontinued. December 26: The Soviet Union collapses.The presence of numerous high-powered antennae in the Zone, coupled with a still-functioning nuclear power plant and the lack of human habitation provide the perfect setting for clandestine research into various methods aimed at fixing humanity's flaws. The C-Consciousness Project begins, led by scientists from The Group.A vehicle factory set up in the vicinity of Agroprom to build vehicles fitted for treating and turning irradiated soil.The Institute is re-established as the Agroprom Research Institute.The Institute of Crop Selection and Genetics is shut down.The four-hundred square kilometers surrounding the CNPP is strictly cordoned off and labeled as the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone.After the accident, groups of workers called 'Liquidators' are raised by the Soviet Union to build a temporary containment shelter around the remnants of Reactor Four.April 28: The nearby city of Pripyat as well as other settlements are rapidly evacuated.This event is known as Chernobyl disaster. April 26: At around 1:23 in the morning, Reactor Four of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (CNPP) explodes, releasing dangerous radioactive materials over a widespread area.The science center in what would become the Dark Valley begins construction.The Institute of Crop Selection and Genetics is established as cover for Soviet research into consciousness control.The city soon gains notoriety among neighboring villages. Limansk is founded as a closed city for scientists working on affecting human minds with the use of radio-waves.

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