Nuclear accidents

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  • Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    During the final stage of World War II, the United States detonated two nuclear weapons over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, 1945

  • Simi Valley, California,

    Partial core meltdown at Santa Susana Field Laboratory’s Sodium Reactor Experiment.

  • Three Mile Island

    partial meltdown of reactor number 2 of Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station (TMI-2) in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
  • Chernobyl disaster

    Chernobyl disaster

    Nuclear power plant meltdown

  • Sosnovy Bor nuclear plan

    Leaked radioactive gases and iodine into the air through a ruptured fuel channel.

  • Fukushima, Japan

    tsunami flooded and damaged the plant's 5 active reactors, drowning two workers. Loss of backup electrical power led to overheating, meltdowns, and evacuations