chernobylite

1. uncountablechemistryA technogenic crystalline zirconium silicate containing uranium as a solid solution, discovered in the corium produced by the Chernobyl nuclear accident.

plural Chernobylites

1. A survivor of the Chernobyl disaster.

   “You’re too young to have been a Chernobylite,” says Lyudmilla.

   2008, Michael Beres, Chernobyl Murders, page 488

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   The man who interrogated the driver commented that vigilance was needed to ensure that people did not get rich off the misfortune of the “Chernobylites.”

   1988, David R. Marples, The Social Impact of the Chernobyl Disaster, page 156

   I got home, I’d go dancing. I’d meet a girl I liked and say, “Let’s get to know one another.” “What for? You’re a Chernobylite now. I’d be scared to have your kids.”

   2005, Svetlana Aleksievich, Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster, page 79