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The
Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant , in
Niigata Prefecture ,
Japan , the world's largest single nuclear power station, was completely shut down for 21 months following an earthquake in 2007.
[1]
Erosion of the 150-millimetre-thick (5.9 in)
carbon steel reactor head at
Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Plant , in
Oak Harbor, Ohio, USA , in 2002, caused by a persistent leak of borated water.
The
Hanford Site , in
Benton County, Washington, USA , represents two-thirds of America's
high-level radioactive waste by volume. Nuclear reactors line the riverbank at the Hanford Site along the
Columbia River in January 1960.
This image of the core from the
SL-1 disaster,
Idaho Falls, Idaho, USA , served as a reminder of the necessity for proper reactor practice and safeguards.
The 18,000 km2 expanse of the
Semipalatinsk Test Site (indicated in red), in present-day
Kazakhstan , covers an area
the size of Wales .
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