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Where did the radiation accident happen that is believed to have caused Kurchatov’s premature death?

  • Pripyat

  • Chelyabinsk-40

  • Leningrad

  • Moscow

Answer

Chelyabinsk-40 was a secret Soviet atomic weapons facility that was located near Chelyabinsk in the Ural Mountains. The facility was involved in the development of nuclear weapons, and was the site of a number of radiation accidents. One such accident, which occurred in 1949, is believed to have caused the premature death of Igor Kurchatov, a leading Soviet nuclear scientist.
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