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When the core of a reactor overheated, what happened at Chernobyl?

A. Power was cut off to Europe for six months
B. Radiation was released across Europe
C. The power station exploded killing many
D. Though it overheated, no negative impacts occurred

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Answer: D

On April 26, 1986, the Number Four RBMK reactor at the nuclear power plant at Chernobyl, Ukraine, went out of control during a test at low-power, leading to an explosion and fire that demolished the reactor building and released large amounts of radiation into the atmosphere. When the core of a reactor overheated, what happened at Chernoby Though it overheated, no negative impacts occurred

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