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What was the world's first grid-connected nuclear power plant?

Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant
Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station
Shippingport Atomic Power Station
Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station
Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant was built in the "Science City" of Obninsk, Kaluga Oblast, about 110 km southwest of Moscow. It remained in operation between 1954 and 2002, although its production of electricity for the grid ceased in 1959; thereafter it functioned as a research and isotope production plant only.
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The USS Enterprise is a ship with the largest number of nuclear reactors. How many does she have?

1
2
4
8

What is the only continent (except Antarctic) without nuclear power plants?

Asia
Africa
South America
Australia

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radioactivity
high density
explosiveness
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Tacitus
Suetonius
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