The Nuclear accident killed approximately 30 people directly and damaged approximately $7 billion of property.
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10 Facts About Nuclear accident
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Criticality accident occurs when a nuclear chain reaction is accidentally allowed to occur in fissile material, such as enriched uranium or plutonium.
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The Chernobyl Nuclear accident is not universally regarded an example of a criticality Nuclear accident, because it occurred in an operating reactor at a power plant.
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The Nuclear accident destroyed the reactor and left a large geographic area uninhabitable.
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The Sarov Nuclear accident is interesting because the system remained critical for many days before it could be stopped, though safely located in a shielded experimental hall.
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In 2016, a criticality Nuclear accident was reported at the Afrikantov OKBM Critical Test Facility in Russia.
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The main cause of the release of radioactivity in the Three Mile Island Nuclear accident was a pilot-operated relief valve on the primary loop which stuck in the open position.
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The accident was designated a "Broken Arrow", meaning an accident involving a nuclear weapon that does not present a risk of war.
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The screwdriver slipped and set off a chain reaction criticality Nuclear accident filling the room with harmful radiation and a flash of blue light .
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