User:Szyzg/draft list of nuclear radiation accidents
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A nuclear and radiation accident is defined by the International Atomic Energy Agency as "an event that has led to significant consequences to people, the environment or the facility. Examples include lethal effects to individuals, large radioactivity release to the environment, or reactor core melt."[2] The prime example of a "major nuclear accident" is one in which a reactor core is damaged and large amounts of radiation are released, such as in the Chernobyl Disaster in 1986.
Serious nuclear power plant accidents include the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster (2011), Chernobyl disaster (1986), Three Mile Island accident (1979), and the SL-1 accident (1961).[3] ,Nuclear-powered submarine mishaps include the K-19 reactor accident (1961),[4] the K-27 reactor accident (1968),[5] and the K-431 reactor accident (1985).[3] Serious radiation accidents include the Kyshtym disaster, Windscale fire, radiotherapy accident in Costa Rica,[6] radiotherapy accident in Zaragoza,[4] radiation accident in Morocco,[7] Goiania accident,[8] and the radiation accident in Mexico City.
The International Atomic Energy Agency maintains a website reporting recent accidents: .[dead link]