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The Elephant's Foot is the nickname given to a large mass of corium and other materials formed underneath the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, near Pripyat, Ukraine, during the Chernobyl disaster of April 1986. Discovered in December that year, it is presently located in a steam distribution corridor underneath the remains of Reactor No. 4. It remains an extremely radioactive object; however, its danger has decreased over time due to the decay of its radioactive components.
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