The worst case scenario of a disaster at a nuclear power plants is the
A) injury or death of the people working within the power plant.
B) destruction of the costly nuclear fuel used in the plant leading to a thermonuclear explosion.
C) destruction of the entire nuclear power plant and loss of electrical generating capacity.
D) large-scale meltdown, release, and fallout of radioactive particles over thousands of square miles.
D
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What will be an ideal response?
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What will be an ideal response?
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