Sentence examples for major malfunctions from inspiring English sources

"The old ones apparently have worked pretty well for the State of New York since the 1920s without any major malfunctions.

The report commended Entergy for addressing weaknesses that had led to two major malfunctions: a steam generator tube failure in February 2000 and an unexpected reactor shutdown in August 1999.

In 1994, a solar storm caused major malfunctions to two communications satellites, disrupting television and radio services throughout Canada.

Part of this work is about locating and maximizing the return on natural resources, but it's also about making sure the equipment runs and runs well, with models that predict wear and maintenance schedules, which could stop major malfunctions before they ever occur.

Little is specifically known about the effects of Po exposure to the embryo and fetus, however, fetal exposure could cause failure of implantation or miscarriage or major malfunctions (Jefferson et al. 2009), as well an increased incidence of chromosomal breaks and translocations resulting in childhood cancer.

This was a major malfunction.

"They recognize that was a major malfunction," Sheriff Judd added.

Electronics in space must cope with a very harsh radiation environment, and a major malfunction could happen at any moment.

On the evening of January 22, a major malfunction occurred with the power system, prompting the Indian Space Research Organization to declare the satellite a failure.

This additional platform will initially provide insurance against any failure in the first three, be that a loss on launch or a major malfunction in orbit.

SpaceX also needs to develop a safety abort mechanism that could push Dragon off and away from the Falcon if the rocket suffers a major malfunction.