Nuclear meltdown
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nuclear-meltdown-184-6324637
title:
Nuclear meltdown
text:
A nuclear meltdown 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 or by the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission. It has been defined to mean the accidental melting of the core of a nuclear reactor, however, and is in common usage a reference to the core's either complete or partial collapse. A core meltdown accident occurs when the heat generated by a nuclear
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Reactor accident due to core overheating
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_meltdown
date created:
2002-12-29T04:18:41Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T13:42:40Z
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