NEET BIOLOGY

ECOLOGY

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What did the government do to try to help the nuclear problem in Chernobyl?
A
They didn’t do anything because there was no solution at all.
B
They all agreed to stop using nuclear power.
C
They buried the reactor and materials in concrete.
D
They moved the reactors to the exclusion zone.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Less than a month after the incident, a concrete sarcophagus was designed to be placed above the open reactor to restrict radioactive contamination from further spreading in the area and to protect the reactor from climate exposure.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Soviet government also cut down and buried about a square mile of pine forest near the plant to reduce radioactive contamination at and near the site. Chernobyl’s three other reactors were subsequently restarted but all eventually shut down for good, with the last reactor closing in December 2000.

Detailed explanation-3: -From the second to tenth day after the accident, some 5000 tonnes of boron, dolomite, sand, clay, and lead were dropped on to the burning core by helicopter in an effort to extinguish the blaze and limit the release of radioactive particles.

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