DECEMBER 1962 USSR, Novaya Zemlya in the Arctic: Two above-ground nuclear tests.
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2004 India, Madras 2 nuclear plant in Tamil Nadu: Following an earthquake and a tsunami, sea water gets on the plant site. The reactor is shut down.
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1998 UK, Hunterston B nuclear plant: Grid connections are lost because of bad weather. Reactor cooling problems arise.
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The river Gironde, France, burst its banks during storms in December 1999 The Blayais nuclear plant is partly ooded, important security systems fail.
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1989 USA Gulf of Mexico: Loss of sealed radioactive source during well logging. 1976 USSR, Semipalatinsk test site in eastern Kazakhstan: Underground nuclear test. 1978 USSR, Russia, Beloyarsk 2 nuclear plant: Fire that starts in the turbine building, spreads inside wire ducts. The control building is severely damaged.
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Nauomovka: Children at Nauomovka primary school. Studies indicate diverse major illnesses among the people in this contaminated area.