nuclear meltdowns
Core overheating disasters
Nuclear meltdowns are catastrophic failures in nuclear reactors where the fuel overheats and melts through its containment structures.
The term evokes disasters like Chernobyl and Fukushima.
Figuratively, a meltdown is any dramatic collapse or loss of control: The stock market had a nuclear meltdown, She's having a complete meltdown over the deadline.
- reactorControlled fission apparatus
- fuel rodsEncased fissile material tubes
- fissionNuclear breakup releasing energy
- coreCentral essential portion
- radioactivitySpontaneous nuclear decay
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