20june2019 paper1 Q39
0. Which of the following disasters belongs to the category of nuclear disasters?
(a) Fukushima disaster
(b) Chernobyl disaster
(c) Three mile Island incident
(d) The love canal disaster
Choose your answer from the options given below:
- Option : A
- Explanation : Fukushima accident, also called Fukushima nuclear accident was a nuclear accident took place in 2011 at the Fukushima Daiichi plant in northern Japan. It is the second worst nuclear accident in the history of nuclear power generation. The Chernobyl disaster was a also a nuclear accident that occurred on 26 April 1986 at Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, near the city of Pripyat in the north of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. The Three Mile Island accident was a meltdown at a nuclear power plant near Middletown, Pennsylvania. It occurred on March 28, 1979. The Love Canal refers to one of the most tragic environmental manmade disasters in the world>s history. The catastrophe of Love Canal exemplifies the dangers of unrestricted dumping of chemicals.
