Word: meltdowns
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...year after the Three Mile Island accident, which Nuclear Regulatory Commission studies have confirmed could have caused a meltdown, another mishap could occur, Kaku said...
...very difficult to cool the core," Kaku said. "That's why we have fears of another meltdown...
...German electronic bands. On Systems of Romance, Ultravox abruptly departed from its first-record flirtations with Eno and the tempestuous attempts at punk mentality on the second release, Ha! Ha! Ha! The band took the Great Leap Forward, both in terms of control and content, shifting from mondo-meltdown rockers to cool and cerebral nouveau disco. The main interest moved to, the machines themselves. Push a button and watch the lights blink. It was hypnotic and irresistible...
February 18: The Connecticut Yankee nuclear plant fuel core partially melts down, releasing a cloud of radioactive gas which blows over New Haven. Plant officials term the meltdown a "routine operating failure, one that proves the safety of nuclear power because 60 per cent of the concrete wall remained unaffected." The Nuclear Regulatory Commission announces the formation of a review committee headed by former Chief Justice Earl Warren...
...investigating committee headed by Earl Warren brings in its report on the Connecticut Yankee meltdown. The report claims that a single neutron which passed through all 54 graphite damping rods, the containment vessel, the cooling system and 3 technicians caused the chain reaction leading the the meltdown...