nuclear accidents
Radioactive facility failures
Nuclear accidents are unintended events at nuclear facilities—power plants, weapons sites, research reactors—that release radioactive material or radiation.
The term ranges from minor containment failures to catastrophic meltdowns like Chernobyl and Fukushima.
The plant had a history of near-misses before the nuclear accident.
Public fear of nuclear accidents has shaped energy policy worldwide.
- falloutPost-blast atmospheric particles
- Chernobyl disasterCatastrophic reactor explosion, 1986
- radioactive contaminationHarmful isotope presence
- human errorMistakes by people
- safety protocolsRules ensuring harm prevention
radioactive waste · cancer risk · safety valve · exclusion zone · no-go zone · ghost town · dead zone · Fukushima · dosimeter · design flaw · Three Mile Island · radiation shielding · radiation sickness · psychological trauma · reactor · early warning systems · evacuation order · half-life
- catastrophesdisasters, disaster, natural disasters, catastrophe, apocalypse
- Nuclearatomic bomb, atomic bombs, uranium, reactors, fission
- Nuclear Liabilitystrict liability, civil liability, victim compensation, indemnity
- environmental harmair pollution, water pollution, pollution, oil spills, acid rain
- earthquake effectsearthquake, aftershock, aftershocks, tremor, tremors
- radiation safetydosimeter, radiation protection, radiation shielding, lead apron, dosimeters