Sentences with phrase «radioactivity escaping»

The human assault on the planet usually does not make headlines unless there is a sudden calamity — giant fires in Indonesia or radioactivity escaping from a nuclear plant in Chernobyl.

However, it was shut down only four months later after about 700 kilograms of liquid sodium leaked from the secondary cooling loop and, although there were no injuries and no radioactivity escaped plant buildings, this was compounded by operator attempts to cover up the scale of the damage.

Not exact matches

But, in the interests of consistency, we shall only invent new objects when we can not escape from doing so; usually, it is sufficient slightly to modify the description of our previous objects, e.g., when we modify the definition of the atom to accommodate it to new observations about radioactivity or atom - smashing, or new types of chemical combination.

This was enough to shut the facility down for recovery, but very little radioactivity — a few milliCuries — escaped into the environment.

For the purpose of this Exclusion; i) Utilization of Nuclear weapons of mass destruction means the use of any explosive nuclear weapon or device or the emission, discharge, dispersal, release or escape of fissile material emitting a level of radioactivity capable of causing incapacitating disablement or death amongst people or animals (including in connection with Terrorist Activity).

For the purpose of this Exclusion; ii) Utilization of Nuclear weapons of mass destruction means the use of any explosive nuclear weapon or device or the emission, discharge, dispersal, release or escape of fissile material emitting a level of radioactivity capable of causing incapacitating disablement or death amongst people or animals (including in connection with Terrorist Activity).