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Globally, there have been at least 99 (civilian and military) recorded nuclear power plant accidents from 1952 to 2009 (defined as incidents that either resulted in the loss of human life or more than US$50,000 of property damage, the amount the US federal government uses to define nuclear energy accidents that must be reported), totaling US$20.5 billion in property damages.
The Windscale fire resulted when uranium metal fuel ignited inside plutonium production piles; surrounding dairy farms were contaminated. [33] [34] The severity of the incident was covered up at the time by the UK government, as Prime Minister Harold Macmillan feared that it would harm British nuclear relations with America, and so original reports on the disaster and its health impacts were ...
Fifty-seven accidents or severe incidents have occurred since the Chernobyl disaster, and about 60% of all nuclear-related accidents/severe incidents have occurred in the USA. [10] Serious nuclear power plant accidents include the Fukushima nuclear disaster (2011), the Chernobyl disaster (1986), the Three Mile Island accident (1979), and the SL ...
Nuclear reactors line the riverbank at the Hanford Site along the Columbia River in January 1960. This image of the core from the SL-1 disaster, Idaho Falls, Idaho, USA , served as a reminder of the necessity for proper reactor practice and safeguards.
Pages in category "Nuclear accidents and incidents" The following 42 pages are in this category, out of 42 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The greatest AOL hack program ever written, Lucifer-X by NailZ, is released. In a matter of days AOL is being used for free by hundreds of thousands of users. A 16-year-old Croatian youth penetrates computers at a U.S. Air Force base in Guam. [45] June: Eligible Receiver 97 tests the American government's readiness against cyberattacks.
Lists of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft; List of airship accidents; List of ballooning accidents; List of accidents and incidents involving helicopters; List of elevator accidents; List of maritime disasters. List of shipwrecks; List of boiler explosions; List of rail accidents. List of boiler explosions; List of tram accidents
The Soviet icebreaker Lenin [citation needed], the USSR's first nuclear-powered surface ship, suffered a major accident (possibly a nuclear meltdown – exactly what happened remains a matter of controversy in the West) in one of its three reactors. To find the leak the crew broke through the concrete and steel radiation shield with ...