利用者:Ttuku/推敲室
| Date | Location | Description | Cost (in millions 2006 $) |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 7, 1975 | Greifswald, East Germany | Electrician's error causes fire in the main trough that destroys control lines and five main coolant pumps | US$443 |
| February 22, 1977 | Jaslovské Bohunice, Czechoslovakia | Severe corrosion of reactor and release of radioactivity into the plant area, necessitating total decommission | US$1,700 |
| March 28, 1979 | Middletown, Pennsylvania, US | Loss of coolant and partial core meltdown, see Three Mile Island accident and Three Mile Island accident health effects | US$2,400 |
| March 9, 1985 | Athens, Alabama, US | Instrumentation systems malfunction during startup, which led to suspension of operations at all three Browns Ferry Units - operations restarted in 1991 for unit 2, in 1995 for unit 3, and (after a $1.8 billion recommissioning operation) in 2007 for unit 3 | US$1,830 |
| April 11, 1986 | Plymouth, Massachusetts, US | Recurring equipment problems force emergency shutdown of Boston Edison's Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant | US$1,001 |
| April 26, 1986 | Chernobyl, near the town of Pripyat, Ukraine | Steam explosion and meltdown with 4,057 deaths (see Chernobyl disaster) necessitating the evacuation of 300,000 people from the most severely contaminated areas of Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine, and dispersing radioactive material across Europe (see Chernobyl disaster effects) | US$6,700 |
| March 31, 1987 | Delta, Pennsylvania, US | Peach Bottom units 2 and 3 shutdown due to cooling malfunctions and unexplained equipment problems | US$400 |
| September 2, 1996 | Crystal River, Florida, US | Balance-of-plant equipment malfunction forces shutdown and extensive repairs at Crystal River Unit 3 | US$384 |
- ^ Benjamin K. Sovacool (2009). The Accidental Century - Prominent Energy Accidents in the Last 100 Years
- ^ Benjamin K. Sovacool. The costs of failure: A preliminary assessment of major energy accidents, 1907–2007, Energy Policy 36 (2008), pp. 1802-1820.
- ^ Benjamin K. Sovacool. A Critical Evaluation of Nuclear Power and Renewable Electricity in Asia, Journal of Contemporary Asia, Vol. 40, No. 3, August 2010, pp. 369–400.