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This event was first detected internationally by sensors in Forsmark. After this event, Anatoly Dyatlov was imprisoned for failing to follow safety procedures. (10[3])The city of (10[1])Slavutych (10[2]-5[1])was built to house the people who were evacuated due to this event. (10[2])Medals (10[1])were awarded to the “liquidators” who responded to this event. The New Safe Confinement replaced the concrete “sarcophagus” that was built around the location of this event that began (10[1])after the explosion of Reactor Number Four. For 10 points, name this disaster that occurred at a nuclear power plant near Pripyat in modern-day Ukraine. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Chernobyl disaster [accept equivalents like Chernobyl accident or Chernobyl meltdown; prompt on nuclear disaster or power plant meltdown]
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Summary

2024 ACF Fall at CornellfallY9100%0%11%26.56
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY8100%0%0%30.38
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY6100%0%0%33.50
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY11100%0%9%38.64
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY9100%0%0%34.78
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont CollegesfallY5100%0%0%23.40
2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY8100%0%0%23.38
2024 ACF Fall at IllinoisfallY9100%0%22%37.56

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Henry BylinowskiAuburn AEmory A2210
Sawyer SmithMississippi State AGeorgia Tech A2210
Jeffery XuGeorgia Tech DSouthern2210
Rafeed Rahman TurjyaGeorgia AGeorgia Tech B2510
Claire Leuthner-BarrineauFurmanClemson A26-5
Kabir ZamanSouth Carolina ATennessee B2610
Kabir ZamanSouth Carolina ATennessee B2610
Robert FreemanSouth Carolina BTennessee A3910
Robert FreemanSouth Carolina BTennessee A3910
Clark QuenzlerGeorgia Tech EAuburn C4010
Sambodh SinhaVanderbilt BAlabama A6910
Gannon RiceClemson AFurman9510