A retention basin can also be a part of a nuclear reactor used to contain a core meltdown.

The backup failed, resulting in a core meltdown and massive release of radiation.

Fuel rods had been fully exposed for 140 minutes and there was a risk of a core meltdown.

Why not focus our technology on building reactors that can contain a full core meltdown.

He's been right through the entire course, from the smallest emergency to core meltdown.

Right then you have the potential for a core meltdown.

It was also the site of a partial nuclear core meltdown in 1959.

There was nuclear core meltdown that caused serious health risk to near villages and cities.

For instance, in one mock attack, an agency team was able to simulate bringing about a core meltdown.

It has been shut down since 1969 after a partial core meltdown.