Sentences with phrase «potential nuclear meltdown»

But these kinds of statistics always involve a small sample size and invariably have special circumstances the prior markets did not (e.g. potential nuclear meltdown, QE2 coming to an end in a couple months, uprising in multiple Middle East countries, etc).

Not exact matches

Well before a March 11 earthquake led to a partial meltdown of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan, local antinuclear activists and elected officials were warning of the potential for disaster if a hurricane or other unusual weather...

As night fell on Friday in Japan, workers and soldiers continued heroic efforts to douse the potential meltdown underway at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

But critics question the safety of nuclear power, citing such concerns as the potential for catastrophic meltdowns, their potential vulnerability to terrorists, the lack of workable evacuation plans in the event of accidents as well as the problem of dealing with radioactive waste.

But these criticisms in turn have to be weighed up against the potential hazards of nuclear waste disposal and nuclear meltdown (which are admittedly rare, but devastating nonetheless).