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Core melt accident

Term · Nuclear energy and radiation · MLC-T-NUC-000091

An event or sequence of events that result in the melting of part of the fuel in the reactor core.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-NUC-000091
FieldNuclear energy and radiation
ReferencesNRC Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-NUC-000091",
  "term": "Core melt accident",
  "field": "Nuclear energy and radiation",
  "definition": "An event or sequence of events that result in the melting of part of the fuel in the reactor core.",
  "references": [
    "NRC Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/nuclear/core-melt-accident/"
}

Record 91 of 555 in Nuclear energy and radiation terminology (MLC-0119). Request the full dataset.