Elephant's Foot (Chernobyl)
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Elephant's Foot (Chernobyl)
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The Elephant's Foot is the nickname given to a large mass of corium, composed of materials formed from molten concrete, sand, steel, uranium, and zirconium. The mass formed beneath Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, near Pripyat, Ukraine, during the Chernobyl disaster of 26 April 1986, and is noted for its extreme radioactivity. It is named for its wrinkled appearance and large size, evocative of the foot of an elephant. yes Discovered in December 1986, the “foot” is located in a ma
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Radioactive mass created during meltdown
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant%27s_Foot_(Chernobyl)
date created:
2017-11-13T21:19:52Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T17:23:32Z
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