Sentence examples for reactor fire from inspiring English sources

Bags of sand were dropped on to the reactor fire from the open doors of helicopters (analysts now think this did more harm than good).

In Chernobyl, dozens of emergency workers died after fighting the reactor fire, but the health impact on neighboring communities seems to be limited.

The pond, like everything for miles around, was contaminated with Strontium 90, Cesium 137 and other harmful radioactive substances released during the reactor fire in 1986.

In the Chernobyl accident in 1986, considered the world's worst, a power surge led to explosions and a reactor fire, sending an enormous plume of radioactive material into the air.

Even after the reactor fire went out, radioactivity continued to spill into the town's atmosphere.

Next month will mark the 25th anniversary of the blast, a birthday that has acquired a dramatic resonance following the Fukushima reactor fires in Japan, which have resurrected global fears that nuclear mayhem could afflict the planet again – though it should be noted that the accident there measured only 5 on the nuclear event scale.

Britain's worst nuclear accident took place there in 1957, when the core of a reactor caught fire, releasing radioactive contamination.

The most serious problem was at the Fukushima No 1 reactor; a fire broke out at another plant and a third was said to be leaking water.

During the Chernobyl accident in Ukraine in 1986, when the reactor caught fire, operators and firefighters received high doses of radiation, sometimes within minutes and without being made aware of the dangers.

A working reactor caught fire, explosively.

The ITER fusion reactor will fire up for the first time in December 2025, the €18-billion project's governing council confirmed today.