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  2. List of nuclear power accidents by country - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Lists of nuclear disasters and radioactive incidents - Wikipedia

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    Erosion of the 150-millimetre-thick (5.9 in) 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 The Hanford Site, in Benton County, Washington, USA, represents two-thirds of America's high-level radioactive waste by volume.

  4. List of nuclear and radiation fatalities by country - Wikipedia

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    The 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, the worst nuclear accident in 25 years, displaced 50,000 households after radiation leaked into the air, soil and sea. [1] Deceased Liquidators' portraits used for an anti-nuclear power protest in Geneva. This image of the SL-1 core served as a reminder of deaths and damage that a nuclear meltdown ...

  5. List of nuclear and radiation accidents by death toll - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  6. Nuclear and radiation accidents and incidents - Wikipedia

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    To combat accidents associated with aging nuclear power plants, it may be advantageous to build new nuclear power reactors and retire the old nuclear plants. In the United States alone, more than 50 start-up companies are working to create innovative designs for nuclear power plants [ 153 ] while ensuring the plants are more affordable and cost ...

  7. List of nuclear and radiation accidents by country - Wikipedia

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  8. List of civilian nuclear accidents - Wikipedia

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    Nuclear power plant accidents: listed and ranked since 1952; Timeline: Nuclear plant accidents; ProgettoHumus – Mondo in Cammino: List updated of nuclear accidents in the history Archived 22 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine; Schema-root.org: Nuclear Power Accidents 2 topics, both with a current news feed

  9. Category:Lists of nuclear disasters - Wikipedia

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    List of nuclear power accidents by country; Lists of nuclear disasters and radioactive incidents * List of nuclear and radiation accidents by death toll;