1. When did the accident at Chernobyl happen?

2. What was their worst fear that was realized?

3. Outside the Soviet Union what happened?

4. Where is Chernobyl?

5. What caused the two explosions?

6. What happened to the firemen who helped put out the fire at the reactor?

7. What did they out the fire out with?

8. What was the solution to the potential escape of the core?

9. Who did the officials hide the accident from and why?

10. How were the people evacuated?

11. What does the area look like now?

12. Describe the clean up process.

13. What chemicals escaped and what can they do to the human body?

14. What did they do to the reactor and why?

15. Describe the implications for the reactors elsewhere?

16. How do reactors work?

17. What reactor had a problem in the United States? And how was it different from Chernobyl ?

18. What is the common factor in the two reactors?

19. Describe how the human error occurred.

20. What can you learn from this ?

21. On what does radiation travel ? Where is radiation dangerous to humans?

22. How could Chernobyl been worse?

23. What is radiation sickness and what can it do to humans.

24. Where did the plume of radiation travel ? What concentrated the radiation in some areas?

25. How many people were exposed to the radiation from Chernobyl?

26. What changes have been made to prevent another accident like that at Chernobyl?

27. What countries have abandoned plans for Nuclear Power? What has the US decided to do?

28. What is one advantage of nuclear power?

29. What are some of the positive benefits of nuclear accidents like Chernobyl?

30. Have the Soviets changed their approach to Nuclear Power?