"Core meltdown" refers to a catastrophic situation in a nuclear reactor where the fuel inside the reactor overheats and melts, causing a release of dangerous radiation.
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Sentences with «core meltdown»
- Nuclear power fell into a long funk after the partial core meltdown at the Three Mile Island reactor in Pennsylvania in 1979. (discovermagazine.com)
- Fortunately, there has not been a catastrophic nuclear accident in the United States, and no partial core meltdown accident since Three Mile Island in March 1979. (sric.org)
- Master Mode Czerka Corporate Labs and Czerka Core Meltdown now progress the [WEEKLY] Galactic Conflict Mission as intended. (dulfy.net)
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