NOUN
- severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor resulting in the core melting and radiation escaping
How To Use nuclear meltdown In A Sentence
- The tsunami that struck Japan last year brought an advanced economy to the brink of nuclear meltdown. Times, Sunday Times
- But when tragedy struck Japan on March 11, killing thousands and threatening a nuclear meltdown, Russia's political leadership showed a readiness to set animosities aide and instantly offered help. Simon Saradzhyan: Russia Presses Ahead With Nuclear Plants After Japan Crisis
- I can't walk into a nuclear power plant and start fiddling with knobs and dials, without causing a nuclear meltdown.
- Workers are fighting to prevent a nuclear meltdown, the death toll is rising, and energy and food shortages are rippling across the nation.
- The tsunami that struck Japan last year brought an advanced economy to the brink of nuclear meltdown. Times, Sunday Times
- Let the kids and grandkids deal with it, just like they can deal with the deficit, rogue nuclear meltdowns, and the collapse of the currency market.
