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What did the accident at the nuclear power plant in Chernobyl in 1986 demonstrate about the use of nuclear power that had not been previously demonstrated?
The byproducts of the process are radioactive.
The generation of electricity releases no carbon dioxide.
The uranium fuel that is used is radioactive.
Large areas can be contaminated with radiation.
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Large areas can be contaminated with radiation.
The Chernobyl disaster released huge amounts of radioactive material into the atmosphere, contaminating vast regions and demonstrating the large-scale, long-lasting environmental and public-health impacts of a severe nuclear accident—something that had not been shown on that scale before.
The Chernobyl disaster released huge amounts of radioactive material into the atmosphere, contaminating vast regions and demonstrating the large-scale, long-lasting environmental and public-health impacts of a severe nuclear accident—something that had not been shown on that scale before.
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