Judge Marie-Odile Bertella-Geffroy, who has been leading the inquiry since July 2001, has just been handed new information from two experts, Paul Genty and Gilbert Mouthon, various French media organisations reported Saturday.

During their investigation into the matter the two experts relied on documents seized during searches in various ministries and organisations involved in the prevention of nuclear risks.

The accident at the Chernobyl plant in the Ukraine on April 26, 1986 was the world's worst nuclear power disaster, contaminating a large part of Europe over several days.

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