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In listing civilian radiation accidents, the following criteria have been followed: There must be well-attested and substantial health damage, property damage or contamination. The damage must be related directly to radioactive materials or ionizing radiation from a man-made source, not merely taking place at a facility where such are being used.
In listing civilian nuclear accidents, the following criteria have been followed: Notably severe: there must be well-attested and substantial health damage, property damage or contamination; if an International Nuclear Event Scale (INES) level is available, of at least two.
A nuclear and radiation accident is defined by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as "an event that has led to significant consequences to people, the environment or the facility." Examples include lethal effects to individuals , large radioactivity release to the environment, or a reactor core melt . [ 6 ]
1982 Lost radiation source in Baku, Azerbaijan, USSR. [6] 1980 Houston radiotherapy accident. [6] [7] 1979 Church Rock uranium mill spill; 1979 Three Mile Island accident and Three Mile Island accident health effects; 1974–1976 Columbus radiotherapy accident. [6] [7] 1969 Lucens reactor; 1968 Thule B-52 crash; 1966 Palomares B-52 crash
The Windscale fire resulted when uranium metal fuel ignited inside plutonium production piles; surrounding dairy farms were contaminated. [33] [34] The severity of the incident was covered up at the time by the UK government, as Prime Minister Harold Macmillan feared that it would harm British nuclear relations with America, and so original reports on the disaster and its health impacts were ...
List of civilian radiation accidents; List of nuclear and radiation accidents by death toll; Lists of nuclear disasters and radioactive incidents; Robert Peter Gale; List of nuclear and radiation fatalities by country
Globally, there have been at least 99 (civilian and military) recorded nuclear power plant accidents from 1952 to 2009 (defined as incidents that either resulted in the loss of human life or more than US$50,000 of property damage, the amount the US federal government uses to define nuclear energy accidents that must be reported), totaling US$20.5 billion in property damages.
List of coal mining accidents in China; List of gold mining disasters; List of mining disasters in Lancashire; List of mining disasters in Poland; Nuclear and radiation accidents. Japanese nuclear incidents; List of civilian radiation accidents; List of Chernobyl-related articles; List of nuclear and radiation accidents by death toll