china syndrome

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Definition von china syndrome im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: One instance of such a nuclear mishap
Contrary to accounts in the media, he states, bugs of this nature don't cause China Syndromes or missile launches, at least not generally..; A rare disease, first characterized in the early 1990s, which resembles poliomyelitis but which has somewhat different characteristics and occurs in persons vaccinated for poliomyelitis
Unlike poliomyelitis, paralysis in China syndrome is symmetrical. In addition, cases are seasonal.; A behavior, policy, or situation characteristic of or involving China; an actual or potential catastrophe, especially one involving China
And then there is the China syndrome. . . . China now represents about 20% of Korea's total trade.; A hypothetical kind of catastrophic failure in which a nuclear reactor melts through the floor of its containment system and penetrates the earth's surface, continuing downward as if (from a Western Hemispheric point of view) traveling through the planet toward China
The molten mass did not even fully penetrate the 0.5-cm cladding, confirming tests in Karlsruhe, Germany, and in Idaho, that the China syndrome is not a credible possibility.
China syndromes: plural form of China syndrome