2. Where was the location of the fallout from a clandestine radioactive accident that Logachev traveled to?
(a) East Urals Trace.
(b) Khabarovsk-47.
(c) Novaya Zemlya.
(d) Semipalatinsk.

3. On Sunday, what time did Maria Protsenko notice a lone woman walking into the town carrying a suitcase?
(a) 8 p.m.
(b) 7:30 p.m.
(c) 7:45 p.m.
(d) 8:15 p.m.

4. In what river basin was the Chernobyl plant constructed?
(a) Pripyat.
(b) Yenisei.
(c) Ob-Irtysh.
(d) Lena.

5. At the end of the Prologue, what was the reading of roentgen an hour on the radiometer?
(a) 112.
(b) 2,080.
(c) 215,
(d) 1,090.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. When was the rundown unit supposed to have tested for Reactor Number Four at the Chernobyl plant?

3. How old was Sklyarov in 1986?

4. On Saturday, how many tons of boric acid powder did Sklyarov order be sent from Rovno nuclear power station?

5. How many children attended School Number Four in Pripyat in the 1980s?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Anatoly Aleksandrov save money with the design of the RBMK?

2. Why did Maria Protsenko have to hand draw maps of Pripyat?

3. What was Pripyat?

4. Why was the turbine generator test on April 25, 1986, late in getting started?

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

6. 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?

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

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

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

10. How did Toptunov qualify as a senior reactor control engineer?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,018 words
(approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page)

View a FREE sample