nuclear incident
Atomic plant accident
A nuclear incident is an unplanned event at a nuclear facility or involving nuclear materials that poses potential safety risks.
The term often appears in official language as a softer alternative to "accident" or "disaster," covering everything from minor equipment malfunctions to serious releases of radiation: The plant reported a nuclear incident to federal regulators.
Incidents are typically rated on an international scale from anomaly to major accident.
- meltdownCatastrophic loss of control
- radiationEnergy propagation through space
- radiation sicknessIllness from ionizing exposure
- ChernobylSoviet nuclear disaster site
- FukushimaJapanese nuclear accident site
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- Nuclear EventsChernobyl, Fukushima, Three Mile Island, meltdown, core meltdown
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