POST COLD WAR WORLD
INTEGRATION OF EUROPE
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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it was a nuclear accident
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someone decided it would be fun
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no one was prepared
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none of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Immediate impact of the Chernobyl accident. The accident caused the largest uncontrolled radioactive release into the environment ever recorded for any civilian operation, and large quantities of radioactive substances were released into the air for about 10 days.
Detailed explanation-2: -1. What caused the Chernobyl accident? On April 26, 1986, the Number Four RBMK reactor at the nuclear power plant at Chernobyl, Ukraine, went out of control during a test at low-power, leading to an explosion and fire that demolished the reactor building and released large amounts of radiation into the atmosphere.
Detailed explanation-3: -Background. On April 26, 1986, a sudden surge of power during a reactor systems test destroyed Unit 4 of the nuclear power station at Chernobyl, Ukraine, in the former Soviet Union. The accident and the fire that followed released massive amounts of radioactive material into the environment.