Kurchatov

[koor-chah-tawf, -tof, koor-chah-tuhf]

noun

1. Igor Vasilievich 1903–60, Soviet nuclear physicist.

Example Sentences

Russia in July complained that a Ukrainian drone had struck an apartment building in Kurchatov, a town built on the banks of a cooling pond for the Kursk nuclear power station.

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The governor of Kursk reported a previous drone attack on Kurchatov on Sept. 1.

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The defence ministry said air defences foiled "an attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack" when they intercepted a drone late on Thursday near the settlement of Kurchatov in the southern region of Kursk.

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Kurchatov is the location of the Kursk nuclear power station, which said in a separate statement that an attempt to attack it with not one but three drones had been thwarted.

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This followed a report Sunday evening by the governor of the Kursk region, Roman Starovoit, that debris from a downed drone sparked a fire at a non-residential building in the city of Kurchatov.

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