| The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002. |
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| Chernobyl |
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| (chuhr-NOH-buhl, cher-noh-buhl) A place in Ukraine where a nuclear power plant—a generator powered by a nuclear reactor—underwent a meltdown in 1986. A cloud of radioactive gases spread throughout the region of Chernobyl and to foreign countries as well. Forty thousand people living nearby were evacuated. Dozens of deaths and hundreds of illnesses were reported to have been caused by the accident. (Compare Three Mile Island.) | 1 |
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| | | The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil. Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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