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Nuclear Reactor Disasters

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Chernobyl

• $orst accident e%er in the history o& Nuclear po'er 

• Released !ore than 1## ti!es the radiation produced by the ato!

bo!bs o& (iroshi!a and Na)asai

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.urope- and .astern and Northern *!erica

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core itsel&- poorly trained en)ineers- +C. bypassed- i)norin)

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(u!an .&&ects

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;ist o& Nuclear Disaster

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Cate)ory 7 on industrial nuclear disaster scale

Cate)ory 7 on industrial nuclear

disaster scale

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Nuclear

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$orld .ner)y Consu!ption

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outstrip &ossil &uel production

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$orld .ner)y Consu!ption

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Is Nuclear Energy Safe?

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