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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 the 2007 Chuetsu offshore earthquake. Kashiwazaki Kariwa-April 2011.jpg
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 the 2007 Chūetsu offshore earthquake.
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 Davis-BesseHole.png
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. Hanford N Reactor adjusted.jpg
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, United States, served as a reminder of the necessity for proper reactor practice and safeguards. Sl-1-ineel81-3966.jpg
This image of the core from the SL-1 disaster, Idaho Falls, Idaho, United States, served as a reminder of the necessity for proper reactor practice and safeguards.
The 18,000 km expanse of the Semipalatinsk Test Site (indicated in red), in present-day Kazakhstan, covers an area the size of Wales. Wfm sts overview.png
The 18,000 km expanse of the Semipalatinsk Test Site (indicated in red), in present-day Kazakhstan, covers an area the size of Wales.

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References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ Togzhan Kassenova (28 September 2009). "The lasting toll of Semipalatinsk's nuclear testing". Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.
  3. ↑ Pallava Bagla. "Radiation Accident a 'Wake-Up Call' For India's Scientific Community", Science, Vol. 328, 7 May 2010, p. 679.
  4. ↑ "The radiological accident in Tammiku" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2004-02-18.
  5. ↑ Timeline: Nuclear plant accidents BBC News, 11 July 2006.
  6. 1 2 3 Johnston, Robert (September 23, 2007). "Deadliest radiation accidents and other events causing radiation casualties". Database of Radiological Incidents and Related Events.
  7. 1 2 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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