3. When Volodin and his men passed over Chistogalovka in a helicopter, at what range was the radiometer stuck?
(a) 300 roentgen per hour.
(b) 150 roentgen per hour.
(c) 500 roentgen per hour.
(d) 250 roentgen per hour.

4. After an explosion at Chelyabinsk-40 in 1957, how many villages were wiped from the map?
(a) 11.
(b) 18.
(c) 23.
(d) 32.

5. When did the first planes from Moscow arrive in Kiev after the Chernobyl accident?
(a) 10:30 a.m.
(b) 11 a.m.
(c) 1 p.m.
(d) 2 p.m.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Units Five and Six of the Chernobyl station come online?

2. When did construction begin on the first RBMK reactor in the Soviet Union?

3. When was the nuclear accident at Three Mile Island?

4. How many stories tall was the Chernobyl nuclear power plant?

5. How many roentgen per hour did the radiation dosimeter indicate as Logachev and his men passed the concrete signpost marking the perimeter of the power station grounds?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the situation at the Chernobyl plant by 6:35 a.m. on April 26?

2. When did Brukhanov come home briefly, and what news did he bring?

3. What was Vitali Sklyarov's position in 1986, and how did he attain that position?

4. What do Logachev and his crew see when at the Chernobyl Atomic Energy Station on April 26, 1986?

5. What did Yuvchenko and Tregub find when they tried to manually turn on the taps of the emergency high-pressure cooland system aand food the reactor core with water?

6. What was the size and makeup of the RBMK?

7. What was happening with Unit Four on Saturday evening?

8. Why was the name of Chernobyl used for the nuclear power plant in the Ukraine in 1970?

9. Where can radiation be found?

10. What did Korol do when he got to the hospital looking for his friend Toptunov?

(see the answer keys)

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