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Political Correspondent It was a sound that unnerved me, rather than the actual sight of the dilapidated Chernobyl nuclear plant. I knew, as I walked towards it, that radiation was continuing to spill out from the facility, but I couldn t see, taste or feel it. However, the Geiger-counter in my hand was working overtime. As it detected the gathering presence of ionising radiation, the warning click sounded more frequently. When my colleague, cameraman Ken Fogarty, and I reached the plant s security gate, I looked down at the screen of the device. It had locked - the reading was off the scale. ....