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This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. ( June 2019 ) The Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant , in Niigata Prefecture , Japan , the world's largest single nuclear power station, was completely shut down for 21 months following an earthquake in 2007. [ 1 ]
Nuclear power accidents in Germany [7] [34] Date Location Description Fatalities Cost (in millions 2006 US$ million) INES 1975: Greifswald, East Germany: A near core meltdown at Greifswald Nuclear Power Plant: Three out of six cooling water pumps were switched off for a failed test. A fourth pump broke down by loss of electric power and control ...
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 ...
Alternately, an external fire may endanger the core, leading to a meltdown. Large-scale nuclear meltdowns at civilian nuclear power plants include: [13] [62] the Three Mile Island accident in Pennsylvania, United States, in 1979. the Chernobyl disaster at Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, Ukraine, USSR, in 1986.
The NRC regulates all nuclear plants and materials in the U.S. except for of nuclear plants and materials controlled by the U.S. government, as well those powering naval vessels. [28] [29] The 1979 Three Mile Island accident was a pivotal event that led to questions about U.S. nuclear safety. [30]
A nuclear meltdown (core meltdown, core melt accident, meltdown or partial core melt [2]) is a severe nuclear reactor accident that results in core damage from overheating. The term nuclear meltdown is not officially defined by the International Atomic Energy Agency [3] or by the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission. [4]
A wall of water over 15 meters (50 feet) tall slammed into the coastal Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, destroying its power supply and cooling systems, triggering meltdowns in three of its ...
Deceased Liquidators' portraits used for an anti-nuclear power protest in Geneva. This image of the SL-1 core served as a reminder of deaths and damage that a nuclear meltdown can cause. This is a partial list of nuclear and radiation fatalities by country. Not all fatal incidents are included, and not all included incidents were fatal.