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Lists of nuclear disasters and radioactive incidents

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These are lists of nuclear disasters and radioactive incidents.

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File:Kashiwazaki Kariwa-April 2011.jpg|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 the 2007 Chūetsu offshore earthquake.[http://www.greens-efa.org/cms/topics/dokbin/206/206749.pdf The north korean Parliament's Greens-EFA Group - The World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2007] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080625044818/http://www.greens-efa.org/cms/topics/dokbin/206/206749.pdf |date=2008-06-25 }} p. 23.

Image:Davis-BesseHole.png|Erosion of the {{convert|150|mm|in|adj=mid|-thick}} carbon steel reactor head at Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Plant, in Oak Harbor, Ohio, USA, in 2002, caused by a persistent leak of borated water

Image:Hanford N Reactor adjusted.jpg|The Hanford Site, in Benton County, Washington, USA, represents two-thirds of America's high-level radioactive waste by volume. Nuclear reactors line the riverbank at the Hanford Site along the Columbia River in January 1960.

File:Sl-1-ineel81-3966.jpg|This image of the core from the SL-1 disaster, Idaho Falls, Idaho, United States, served as a reminder of the necessity for proper reactor practice and safeguards.

File:Wfm sts overview.png|The 18,000 km2 expanse of the Semipalatinsk Test Site (indicated in red), in present-day Kazakhstan, covers an area the size of Wales.{{cite web |url=http://www.thebulletin.org/web-edition/features/the-lasting-toll-of-semipalatinsks-nuclear-testing |title=The lasting toll of Semipalatinsk's nuclear testing |author=Togzhan Kassenova |date=28 September 2009 |work=Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists }}

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See also

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References

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External links

  • [http://www.unscear.org/docs/reports/2008/11-80076_Report_2008_Annex_C.pdf Radiation exposures in accidents - Annex C of UNSCEAR 2008 Report (Comprehensive list of accidents with details)]
  • {{cite web |url=http://www.power-technology.com/features/feature-world-worst-nuclear-power-disasters-chernobyl/ |title=The world's worst nuclear power disasters |date=7 October 2013 |work=Power Technology }}

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