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Lists of nuclear disasters and radioactive incidents

Lists of nuclear disasters and radioactive incidents

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These are lists of nuclear disasters and radioactive incidents.

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, 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. 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.
The 18,000 km2 expanse of the Semipalatinsk Test Site (indicated in red), in present-day Kazakhstan, covers an area the size of Wales.[2]

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References

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    The north korean Parliament's Greens-EFA Group - The World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2007 Archived 2008-06-25 at the Wayback Machine p. 23.
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    Togzhan Kassenova (28 September 2009). "The lasting toll of Semipalatinsk's nuclear testing". Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.
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    Pallava Bagla. "Radiation Accident a 'Wake-Up Call' For India's Scientific Community" Science, Vol. 328, 7 May 2010, p. 679.
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    https://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/Publications/PDF/Pub1053_web.pdf
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    Timeline: Nuclear plant accidents BBC News, 11 July 2006.
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    Johnston, Robert (September 23, 2007). "Deadliest radiation accidents and other events causing radiation casualties". Database of Radiological Incidents and Related Events.
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    Ricks, Robert C.; et al. (2000). "REAC/TS Radiation Accident Registry: Update of Accidents in the United States" (PDF). International Radiation Protection Association. p. 6.
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