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In the last decades, most serious nuclea...

In the last decades, most serious nuclear reactor accident created MIC gas tragedy in

A

Russia (1990) and Bhopal (1996)

B

Ucraine (1986) and Bhopal (1984)

C

Bhopal (1994) and Russia (1990)

D

Ucraine and USA (1984)

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B
Bhopal gas tragedy occurred on 2nd December 1984 when a poisonous gas methyl isocynate was leaked in the air from a pesticide plant of union carbide factory.
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