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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16-18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. If a steam explosion happened and destroyed the rest of Unit Four and the other three reactors, how long might a large area of Europe be uninhabitable?
(a) 250 years.
(b) 500 years.
(c) 75 years.
(d) 100 years.

2. When did the Soviet Council of MInisters issue a decree approving the construction of the RBMKs?
(a) October 2, 1986.
(b) August 9, 1966.
(c) July 17, 1966.
(d) September 29, 1966.

3. By November, how many tons of uranium from the reactor core was still missing?
(a) 170.
(b) 180.
(c) 165.
(d) 155.

4. How many heat-resistant zirconium-alloy pressure tubes were in the channels of the RBMK?
(a) 1,600.
(b) 750.
(c) 1,800.
(d) 900.

5. When was the reactor design called the RBMK-1000 complete?
(a) 1968.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1967.
(d) 1966.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much larger was the RBMK than Western reactors by volume?

2. When did the reactor of Unit One come back online?

3. How fast could the specially manufactured trailers move when delivering the steel beam called the Mammoth?

4. How many men worked on the roof removing debris on Tarakanov's team of bio-robots?

5. If operators faced a situation calling for an emergency shutdown of an RBMK, how long would it take to gradually reduce the reactor's power to zero?

(see the answer key)

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