Valery LegasovApril 1986
Assesses how graphite, nuclear fuel and structural materials within the destroyed reactor could affect continuing heat generation and radioactive releases.
Russia · Government / Government of Russia. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Assesses how graphite, nuclear fuel and structural materials within the destroyed reactor could affect continuing heat generation and radioactive releases.
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