BB&T Corp. operates as a holding company for Branch Banking & Trust Co. It conducts its business operations primarily through its commercial bank subsidiary, Branch Bank, and other non-bank subsidiaries.
Chernobyl nuclear accident: figures for deaths and cancers still in dispute. â¢ Suspected infant mortality rise difficult to prove. â¢ Predicted deaths range from 4,000 to half a million.
Chernobyl was a nuclear power plant in the former Soviet Union. On 26 April 1986, it suffered a massive failure which caused it to spread radioactive waste across large parts â¦ of Europe.    The accident began with a steam explosion that caused a fire, more explosions, and a subsequent nuclear meltdown.he disaster at Chernobyl is considered to be the worst nuclear disaster in history. One of the nuclear reactors at the plant had a meltdown, and spewed toxic, â¦ radioactive fallout all over Chernobyl and the surrounding areas. Practically half of Russia and Europe were affected.