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The Tokaimura nuclear accidents refer to two nuclear related incidents near the village of Tōkai, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. The first accident occurred on 11 March 1997, producing an explosion after an experimental batch of solidified nuclear waste caught fire at the Power Reactor and Nuclear Fuel Development Corporation (PNC) radioactive ...
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 ...
Tokaimura, Japan: The criticality accident at the Tokai fuel fabrication facility. [41] Hundreds of people were exposed to radiation and two workers later died. This is not a nuclear power plant accident, however. [45] 2: 4 2002: Onagawa, Japan: Two workers were exposed to a small amount of radiation and suffered minor burns during a fire. [45 ...
Nuclear Engineering International reported that all four units were successfully automatically shut down, but emergency diesel generators at the site were out of order. [10] People were evacuated around 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from the plant, due to possible radioactive contamination .
The Nuclear Accident Magnitude Scale (NAMS) is an alternative to INES, proposed by David Smythe in 2011 as a response to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. There were some concerns that INES was used in a confusing manner, and NAMS was intended to address the perceived INES shortcomings.
The NRC and NextEra Energy officials met on March 19 to go over all facets of the licensing amendment NextEra requested to update its emergency response operations plan. Those changes, if approved ...
ONEIDA COUNTY, N.Y. – Days of concentrated lake-effect snow resulted in feet of fresh powder being dumped on several counties in upstate New York.That was enough snow to collapse the roofs of ...
The U.S. and Russia agreed on Tuesday to restore the normal functioning of each other's diplomatic missions, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said after talks between senior U.S. and Russian ...