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A short circuit at Kola nuclear plant in Russia causes an unplanned shutdown in November 1992. The unit’s backup diesel generators fail to start. 1974 USSR, Semipalatinsk test site in eastern Kazakhstan: Underground nuclear test.
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1955 USA, EBR-I experimental reactor in Idaho: Because of insufficient knowledge of the control team, the reactor suffers a partial fusion during an experiment.
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1975 Russland, Leningrad nuclear plant near St. Petersburg: Fusion of some fuel elements leads to partial destruction of the active reactor zone.
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1984 Pacific Ocean, Mururoa and Fangataufa atolls: French “Miletos” underground nuclear test.
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1949 USA, Hanford nuclear complex in Washington State: “Green Run” experiment. More than 300 terabecquerel iodine-131 are released into the environment.
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1982 USA, Dresden nuclear plant in Illinois: Flood of the river above the historical maximum causes damage to the plant.
Tomsk: Alexander Boltachev and Valentina Boltacheva. Valentina is recovering from breast cancer and her granddaughter was born with cerebral palsy. Many of her friends and relatives have become ill or have died.