nuclear spill
Reactor containment failure
A nuclear spill is the accidental release of radioactive material from a nuclear facility, transport vehicle, or container.
Unlike explosions, spills typically involve leakage of contaminated water, fuel rods, or radioactive waste into the environment: The nuclear spill contaminated groundwater for miles.
Cleanup requires specialized containment and can take decades.
- radiationEnergy propagation through space
- radiation sicknessIllness from ionizing exposure
- meltdownCatastrophic loss of control
- ChernobylSoviet nuclear disaster site
- FukushimaJapanese nuclear accident site
Three Mile Island · contamination · fallout · reactor · cooling tower · toxic · leak · evacuate · hazmat · protective gear · iodine tablets · cesium · uranium · plutonium · waste · disaster · explosion · cooling
- Nuclear EventsChernobyl, Fukushima, Three Mile Island, meltdown, core meltdown
nuclear spilldecontamination
Removing dangerous substances
remediation · environmental restoration · containment · nuclear safety · radiation cleanup
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