Question

2. The nuclear reactor at Chernobyl was used only for
(A) Generating electricity
(B) Production of gases
(C) Production of alcohol
(D) Production of acids
Answer:​

Answer 1

The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (officially, the Vladimir Ilyich Lenin Nuclear Power Plant) is a closed nuclear power plant near the abandoned city of Pripyat in northern Ukraine, 16.5 kilometers (10 mi) northwest of the city of Chernobyl, 16 kilometers (10 mi) from the Belarus–Ukraine border, and about 100 kilometers (62 mi) north of Kyiv. It was cooled by an engineered pond, which is fed by the Pripyat River about 5 kilometers (3 mi) northwest from its juncture with the Dnieper.

Chernobyl nuclear power plant

View of the plant in 2013. From L to R New Safe Confinement under construction and reactors 4 t

Official nameVladimir Ilyich Lenin Nuclear Power PlantCountryUkraineLocationPripyatCoordinates51°23′21″N 30°05′58″EStatusInactiveConstruction began15 August 1972Commission date26 September 1977Decommission dateProcess ongoing since 2000Operator(s)SAUEZMNuclear power stationReactors4Reactor typeRBMK-1000Thermal capacity12,800 MWPower generationUnits operationalNoneNameplate capacity4,000 MWExternal linksWebsitechnpp.gov.ua/enCommonsRelated media on Commons

Reactor No. 4 was the site of the Chernobyl disaster in 1986, and the power plant is now within a large restricted area known as the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. Both the zone and the former power plant are administered by the State Agency of Ukraine on Exclusion Zone Management. The three other reactors remained operational after the accident but were eventually shut down by 2000, although the plant remains in the process of decommissioning as of 2020. Nuclear clean-up is scheduled for completion in 2065.[1]