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China syndrome
noun
a hypothetical nuclear-reactor accident in which the fuel would melt through the floor of the containment structure and burrow into the earth.
Origin:
1970–75; from the jocular notion that the hot reactor core would pass through to the other side of the earth
1970–75; from the jocular notion that the hot reactor core would pass through to the other side of the earth
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China syndrome
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| Main Entry: | China syndrome |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | a hypothetical sequence of events following a nuclear reactor meltdown, in which the core melts through its container and deep into the earth |
| Etymology: | from China's being on the opposite side of the earth from a U.S. nuclear reactor |
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