Pronunciations (3)
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/tʃɜːˈnɒbəl/
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/tʃɜːˈnəʊbəl/
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/t͡ʃɚˈnoʊbəl/
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- General-American
Proper noun
A partially abandoned city and ghost town in northern Ukraine, known as the site of a nuclear disaster.
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A couple of oil shocks, a Chernobyl meltdown, and a Gulf War later, his basic message - the need to emphasize efficiency and renewable resources over oil and nuclear power - is still a minority view,[…]
The 1986 nuclear accident which resulted in the abandonment of the aforementioned city.
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After Chernobyl, very few nuclear power plants were built for years.
The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, the location where the accident occurred.
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Although it no longer produces electricity, many people still work at Chernobyl decommissioning the plant.
Noun
A major nuclear-energy accident.
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Many secret cities were Chernobyls in slow motion.
The effects of a Chernobyl disaster in my community would probably be barely noticeable.
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So those would be a lot of Chernobyls that the ecosystem would have to deal with.
It has to be handled properly with great accuracy and no room for mistakes, because if we do have like a Chernobyl catastrophe, God forbid, it could wipe out our entire people.