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Chapter 8, Problem 20E
Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

The accidents at the three-mile island, Chernobyl, and Fukushima and the outcome of each is to be described. Also, the possibility to have an American Chernobyl is to be checked.

Concept introduction:

The atmosphere is a layer or collection of layers of gases that surround a planet or an object. It consists of different types of gases.

The reactor is the apparatus in which a chemical reaction takes place.

An earthquake is the shaking of the earth’s surface, resulting in the release of energy in lithosphere.

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