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Significados de core meltdown em inglês

Accidental overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor resulting in the core melting and radiation escaping.

        Uso de core meltdown em inglês
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        A less serious core meltdown happened at the Three Mile Island nuclear plant in Pennsylvania in 1979.
        The Guardian
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        He served on the NRC during the 1979 partial core meltdown at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania.
        Reuters
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        If reactors could lose both off-site power and backup generators it could lead to a core meltdown in a short period of time.
        Reuters
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        'This is as bad as a fission core meltdown.
        The Naked God