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Erosion of the 6-inch-thick (150 mm) carbon steel reactor head, caused by a persistent leak of borated water, at the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Plant. The United States Government Accountability Office reported more than 150 incidents from 2001 to 2006 of nuclear plants not performing within acceptable safety guidelines.
Bibliography of military nuclear accidents from the Alsos Digital Library for Nuclear Issues Archived 2011-06-06 at the Wayback Machine; Official List of accidents involving nuclear weapons from the UK Ministry of Defence; Schema-root.org: Nuclear Power Accidents 2 topics, both with a current news feed
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.
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 ...
The Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant, in Niigata Prefecture, Japan, the world's largest single nuclear power station, was completely shut down for 21 months following an earthquake in 2007. [1] 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 ...
Authorities are searching for a man who drove through the gate of a nuclear power plant in Oconee County, South Carolina, and allegedly attempted to hit security officers at the facility on ...
KURCHATOV, Russia (Reuters) -U.N. nuclear agency chief Rafael Grossi said after visiting Russia's Kursk nuclear power plant on Tuesday that there was a risk of a nuclear accident and the situation ...
Nuclear power plant accidents in the U.S. with more than US$140 million in property damage [171] [172] Date Plant Location Description Cost (in millions $2006) March 28, 1979: Three Mile Island: Londonderry Township, Pennsylvania: Loss of coolant and partial core meltdown, see Three Mile Island accident and Three Mile Island accident health ...