The phrase "atomic disaster" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a catastrophic event involving nuclear materials or energy, such as an accident at a nuclear power plant.
Example: "The government is still dealing with the aftermath of the atomic disaster that occurred last year, which led to widespread contamination and health issues."
Alternatives: "nuclear catastrophe" or "nuclear disaster".
Our children even have nightmares of atomic disaster.
In 2007, Congress appropriated $5.5 million for studies on atomic disaster planning, noting that "cities have little guidance available to them".
Their conclusions about America may determine whether Rolf Mowill-Larssen will have the pleasure of being remembered as a Chicken Little, or will experience the horror of becoming a prophet of atomic disaster.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said the government "will step forward and implement all necessary policies" to deal with the flood of radioactive water from the plant, a legacy of the world's worst atomic disaster in a quarter century.
TOKYO, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Radiation readings around tanks holding contaminated water at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant have spiked by more than a fifth to their highest levels, Japan's nuclear regulator said, heightening concerns about the clean-up of the worst atomic disaster in almost three decades.
At the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant north of Tokyo, the site of the world's worst atomic disaster since Chernobyl in 1986, the situation took a turn for the worse as radiation levels in groundwater soared, suggesting highly toxic materials from the plant are now close to the Pacific Ocean.
And then came the inevitable political gesture: snippets of text about atomic disasters and a longer recording describing the horrific effects of the American bombing of Japan in World War II.
By the 1950s, movie screens were filled with alien invasions, atomic disasters, time and space travel, paranormal activity and future societies both utopian and dystopian.
But the biggest development has taken place in Japan, a nation that has now experienced atomic disasters from weapons at Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II, and from the reactor meltdowns at Fukushima.
Industry hopes that Germany, which decided to end its atomic power after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in Japan, would be receptive to fracking have also met with disappointment.
The ballot was widely seen as a test for Japan's public opinion on atomic power in a nation shaken by the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
