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Definition of Chernobyl

1. Noun. A city in north central Ukraine; site of a major disaster at a nuclear power plant (26 April 1986).

Definition of Chernobyl

1. Proper noun. An abandoned city in northern Ukraine, known as being the site of a nuclear accident. ¹

2. Noun. (context: by extension) A major nuclear-energy accident. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

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Literary usage of Chernobyl

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. World Disasters Report: 1994 by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"He added that "the pervasive and misguided need for security" prevented a full transfer of knowledge when Chernobyl and other reactors were handed over to ..."

2. Long Road to Recovery; Community Responses to Industrial Disaster by James Kenneth Mitchell (1996)
"[“The global—ecological consequences of the catastrophe at the Chernobyl nuclear power ... Minsk: Belarusian Charitable Fund for the Children of Chernobyl. ..."

3. The Societal Aspects of Decision Making in Complex Radiological Situations by OECD Nuclear Energy Agency, Nuclear Energy Agency (1998)
"France Experience from the Chernobyl accident revealed strong disturbance in social life and stress phenomenon in the population living in the contaminated ..."

4. Stakeholder Participation in Radiological Decision Making: Processes and by NEA Staff, SourceOECD (Online service), OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (2004)
"... THE Chernobyl DISASTER John Paterson University of Westminster, United Kingdom The Chernobyl Nuclear Accident in 1986 had a significant impact locally, ..."

5. "Foreigners Out": Xenophobia and Right-Wing Violence in Germany by Holly Cartner (1992)
"... Forty Soviet children suffering from radiation illness related to the Chernobyl accident were sent to the town of Zittau for several weeks of vacation. ..."

6. Health Information for International Travel (1994) by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"Chernobyl Effects of the radiological release at Chernobyl The Chernobyl Nuclear Power station, located in the Ukraine Republic about 100 kilometers (62 ..."

7. Short History of Nuclear Regulation, 1946-1999 by J. Samuel Walker (2001)
"Supporters of nuclear power emphasized that a Chernobyl-type accident could not ... But nuclear critics pointed to Chernobyl as the prime example of the ..."

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