| 词汇 | meltdown |
| 词源 | meltdown. No more serious accident can happen in a nuclear power plant than a meltdown. The term, first recorded in the 1960s, signifies a condition where the reactor core (the assem- bly of the fuel elements) burns through or melts into the ground below the nuclear power station, releasing highly dangerous radiation. |
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