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What caused the Chernobyl disaster of 1986?

Retry Correct Incorrect While the International Atomic Energy Agency attributed much of the disaster to long-term negligence in maintaining safety standards at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, the most immediate catalyst was a low-power test that led the uranium fuel in the Number Four RBMK reactor to overheat, causing an explosion.

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What caused the Chernobyl disaster of 1986?

• Nobody knows to this day
• A reactor exploded after the power plant was abandoned a decade earlier
• A reactor’s uranium fuel overheated after a low-power test
• A military strike triggered a disastrous chain reaction