The greatest nuclear catastrophe to date occurred in 1976, in a nuclear power plant at Verkoyansk, in central Siberia, Russia (which was, at that time, part of the Soviet Union).

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The statement is false. There is no record of a nuclear catastrophe occurring in 1976 at a nuclear power plant in Verkoyansk, Russia. This could be a confusion with the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, which is considered the greatest nuclear catastrophe in history.

The Greatest Nuclear Catastrophe to Date Occurred in 1976, in a Nuclear