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Concise account of nine nuclear accidents

This article gives a concise account of 9 nuclear accidents – BBC News – Timeline: Nuclear plant accidents

Timeline: Nuclear plant accidents. BBC News, 12 April 2011 The nuclear crisis in Japan has revived fears over the safety of nuclear power and the potential danger posed to public health when things go wrong.There have been a number of serious nuclear incidents since the 1950s. Below are details of the most serious:

Mayak or Kyshtym nuclear complex (Soviet Union): 29 September 1957…..

Windscale nuclear reactor (UK): 7 October 1957.…..

Idaho National Engineering Laboratory (USA): 3 January 1961…

Three Mile Island power plant, Pennsylvania (US): 29 March 1979..

Chernobyl power plant (Soviet Union): 26 April 1986 ….

Severesk, formerly Tomsk-7 (Russia): 6 April 1993….

Tokaimura nuclear fuel processing facility (Japan): 30 September 1999….

Mihama power plant (Japan): 9 August 2004….

Fukushima Daiichi power plant (Japan): 11 March 2011….

BBC News – Timeline: Nuclear plant accidents

April 13, 2011 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | safety