Sentence examples for caused a meltdown from inspiring English sources

That quake and a resulting tsunami caused a meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

Since an earthquake in March caused a meltdown, TEPCO faces unlimited demands for compensation.

Not even a year after the devastating tsunami in Japan that caused a meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear plant, three films about the aftermath were screened here.

Concerns that the global recovery could be derailed began last summer when a devaluation of the Chinese currency caused a meltdown on the Shanghai stock exchange.

He was referring to last year's quake and tsunami in Japan, which caused a meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant and led to the shutdown of all of the country's nuclear reactors.

Similarly, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission voted this year to reverse some safeguards imposed on nuclear power plants following the March 2011 tsunami that caused a meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi plant in Japan.

Even if they don't cause a meltdown, unregulated derivatives are still an economic threat.

Korean special forces sabotage a Japanese nuclear power plant, causing a meltdown and a huge radiation leak.

She also looks carefully at the water individual nuclear power plants use to keep from overheating and causing a meltdown.

The story concerns a hacker who causes a meltdown at a nuclear reactor in China and then manipulates soy futures at the Chicago commodities exchange.

He added that even a direct hit would not necessarily cause a meltdown that would result in a wide release of radiation.