radiation leak
Containment breach emissions
A radiation leak is the unintended escape of radioactive material or energy from a containment system—typically a nuclear reactor, storage facility, or medical equipment.
The term implies failure of safety measures: Officials confirmed a radiation leak at the plant.
Leaks range from minor incidents requiring monitoring to catastrophic releases like Chernobyl or Fukushima.
- nuclearOf atomic energy
- nuclear plantFission-based power facility
- contaminationIntroduction of impurities
- meltdownCatastrophic loss of control
- falloutPost-blast atmospheric particles
Chernobyl · reactor · cooling tower · exposure · Geiger counter · hazmat · Geiger · radioactive · evacuation · plume · containment · isotope · cesium · iodine · dosimeter · hazmat suit · uranium · dirty bomb
- pollutionair pollution, water pollution, soil pollution, smog, toxic waste
- accidentsaccident, car accident, bike accident, mishap, traffic accident
- leaksseepage, drip, drips, trickle, ooze
- Nuclearnuclear reactor, atomic bomb, nuclear energy, atomic bombs, uranium
- industrial accidentsindustrial accident, explosion, factory fire, mine explosion, mine disaster
- Nuclear EventsChernobyl, Fukushima, Three Mile Island, meltdown, core meltdown
radiation leaknuclear safety
Preventing harmful radiation release
radiation safety · radiation protection · decontamination · all-clear
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