chernobyl
UK /tʃɜːˈnɒbəl/ US /t͡ʃɚˈnoʊbəl/
name 2noun 1
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name
1
A partially abandoned city and ghost town in northern Ukraine, known as the site of a nuclear disaster.
A couple of oil shocks, a Chernobyl meltdown, and a Gulf War later, his basic message - the need to emphasize efficiency and renewable resources over oil and nuclear power - is still a minority view,[…]
2
The 1986 nuclear accident which resulted in the abandonment of the aforementioned city.
After Chernobyl, very few nuclear power plants were built for years.
noun
1
A major nuclear-energy accident.
Many secret cities were Chernobyls in slow motion.
The effects of a Chernobyl disaster in my community would probably be barely noticeable.
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