Question 1

Purpose-built city for plant workers, evacuated on 27 April 1986 (7 letters)

Accepted Answer

The answer for “Purpose-built city for plant workers, evacuated on 27 April 1986” in the crossword “Chernobyl: the basics” has 7 letters and starts with P: PRIPYAT.

Question 2

Unit for the effect of a radiation dose on the human body (7 letters)

Accepted Answer

The answer for “Unit for the effect of a radiation dose on the human body” in the crossword “Chernobyl: the basics” has 7 letters and starts with S: SIEVERT.

Question 3

Unit that counts one radioactive decay per second (9 letters)

Accepted Answer

The answer for “Unit that counts one radioactive decay per second” in the crossword “Chernobyl: the basics” has 9 letters and starts with B: BECQUEREL.

Question 4

Element whose radioactive form I-131 builds up in the thyroid gland (6 letters)

Accepted Answer

The answer for “Element whose radioactive form I-131 builds up in the thyroid gland” in the crossword “Chernobyl: the basics” has 6 letters and starts with I: IODINE.

Question 5

Gland in the neck that collects radioactive iodine, especially in children (7 letters)

Accepted Answer

The answer for “Gland in the neck that collects radioactive iodine, especially in children” in the crossword “Chernobyl: the basics” has 7 letters and starts with T: THYROID.

Question 6

Lava-like melted nuclear fuel mixed with sand and concrete (6 letters)

Accepted Answer

The answer for “Lava-like melted nuclear fuel mixed with sand and concrete” in the crossword “Chernobyl: the basics” has 6 letters and starts with C: CORIUM.

Question 7

Substance that slows fast neutrons so fission can keep going (9 letters)

Accepted Answer

The answer for “Substance that slows fast neutrons so fission can keep going” in the crossword “Chernobyl: the basics” has 9 letters and starts with M: MODERATOR.

Question 8

Official Soviet term for a clean-up worker after the accident (10 letters)

Accepted Answer

The answer for “Official Soviet term for a clean-up worker after the accident” in the crossword “Chernobyl: the basics” has 10 letters and starts with L: LIQUIDATOR.

Question 9

Form of carbon, about 1,700 tonnes of it in the core, that burned for ten days (8 letters)

Accepted Answer

The answer for “Form of carbon, about 1,700 tonnes of it in the core, that burned for ten days” in the crossword “Chernobyl: the basics” has 8 letters and starts with G: GRAPHITE.

Question 10

Neutron-absorbing element in the RBMK control rods (5 letters)

Accepted Answer

The answer for “Neutron-absorbing element in the RBMK control rods” in the crossword “Chernobyl: the basics” has 5 letters and starts with B: BORON.

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