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∙ 13y agoThe Chernobyl nuclear accident.
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∙ 13y agoJapan (Fukashima Plant I). Four Reactors blow and melt down. Radiation spread throughout all of Japan.
Chernobyl, Russia on April 26th, 1986. A nuclear power plant exploded and the nuclear radiation spread all across Russia and many parts of Europe. There were 31 recorded deaths that were directly related to the accident and an estimated 30,000-60,000 cancer related deaths linked to it over the years.
The word "nuke" can mean a nuclear power plant or a nuclear weapon.As of January 2013, there are 437 nuclear power plants in operation in the world.Because countries with nuclear weapons are secretive about how many they have, the exact number of nuclear weapons is not known. The Federation of American Scientists estimates there are more than 17,000 nuclear warheads in the world as of 2012.
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the reactor accident at the chernobyl nuclear power plant.
Chernobyl is famous for the worst nuclear power plant accident in history.
The 1986 accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine is the only accident in the history of commercial nuclear power to cause fatalities from radiation. It was the product of a severely flawed Soviet-era reactor design and human error.
Three Mile Island, Pa, 1979
The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant underwent a level 7 event - the worst accident so far. The plant, located in the Soviet Union near Pripyat in Ukraine lost its number four reactor on 26 April 1986. A link to the Wikipedia article on the accident is provided.
Nuclear power accidents are a disaster. The 1986 nuclear accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine was a catastrophic accident.
The Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded on April 26, 1986. It was the worst nuclear disaster in history.
Fukushima Daiichi, on March 11, 2011.
The Chernobyl power plant nuclear disaster was one of the worst disasters in history. Thirty-one people were killed in the explosion in 1986 in the Ukraine.
Radioactive waste, nuclear accident, public disapproval's
The Three Mile Island accident was a partial meltdown of a reactor core at a nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania in 1979. It was the most serious accident in the history of the American commercial nuclear power generating industry. Though it did not lead to any immediate deaths or injuries, it led to increased safety regulations and a decline in public support for nuclear power.
Japan (Fukashima Plant I). Four Reactors blow and melt down. Radiation spread throughout all of Japan.