The weapons ' multiple safety interlocks prevented Preventing_or_letting both a nuclear explosion Catastrophe and release of radioactive material .

Brazil 's only functioning nuclear power plant , Central Nuclear Almirante Álvaro Alberto , is also located within the municipality : plans Arranging were made Creating for a temporary shutdown , as blocked roads would make Causation any evacuation Motion difficult or impossible in the event of an incident at the plant .

Protesters targeted Aiming the renewed determination of NATO to use Using nuclear weapons and NATO 's backing Supporting of the US anti-missile shield .

Al-Hilli 's work in the UK involved Cause_to_be_included nuclear and satellite technology , whilst Mollier was also probed Criminal_investigation to determine if he was the primary target of the attack Attack .

The was a nuclear accident Catastrophe at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Ōkuma , Fukushima Prefecture .

The disaster Catastrophe was the most severe nuclear accident since the 26 April 1986 Chernobyl disaster and the only other disaster Catastrophe to be given Giving the Level 7 event classification of the International Nuclear Event Scale .

The resultant loss-of-coolant accidents led to Causation three nuclear meltdowns , three hydrogen explosions , and the release of radioactive contamination in Units 1 , 2 and 3 between 12 and 15 March .

on 5 july 2012 , the national diet of japan fukushima nuclear accident independent investigation commission ( unk ) found Coming_to_believe that the causes of the accident had been foreseeable , and that the plant operator , tokyo electric power company ( tepco ) , had failed to meet basic safety requirements such as risk assessment , preparing GetReady for containing collateral damage , and developing Coming_to_be evacuation plans .

At a meeting Communication in Vienna three months after the disaster , the International Atomic Energy Agency faulted lax oversight Scrutiny by the Ministry of Economy , Trade and Industry , saying Statement the ministry faced Confronting_problem an inherent conflict of interest as the government agency in charge of both regulating Control and promoting Cause_to_make_progress the nuclear power industry .

On 12 October 2012 , TEPCO admitted for the first time that it had failed to take necessary measures for fear of inviting lawsuits Legality or protests against its nuclear plants .

operation Military_operation unk was a series of eleven nuclear test Testing shots conducted Action in 1953 at the nevada test Testing site .

British nuclear tests Testing at Maralinga occurred Presence between 1956 and 1963 at the Maralinga site , part of the Woomera Prohibited Area in South Australia and about 800 kilometres north-west of Adelaide .

A total of seven nuclear tests Testing were performed Action , with approximate yields Creating ranging from .

The Maralinga tests Testing were subject to extreme secrecy , but by the late 1970s there was a marked change Change in how the Australian media covered Hiding_objects the British nuclear tests Testing .

The bomber crashed Destroying onto sea ice in North Star Bay , Greenland , causing Causation the conventional explosives aboard to detonate Attack and the nuclear payload to rupture Destroying and disperse Dispersal , which resulted in Causation radioactive contamination Bodily_harm .

The United States and Denmark launched Process_start an intensive clean-up and recovery operation , but the secondary stage of one of the nuclear weapons could not be accounted for after the operation was completed Process_end .

Safety procedures were reviewed Testing and more stable explosives were developed Cause_to_make_progress for use in nuclear weapons .

In 1995 , a political scandal resulted in Causation Denmark after a report revealed Reveal_secret the government had given Giving tacit permission Preventing_or_letting for nuclear weapons to be located in Greenland , in contravention of Denmark 's 1957 nuclear-free zone policy .

The 2006 North Korean nuclear test Research was the detonation of a nuclear device conducted Action by North Korea on October 9 , 2006 .

The 2006 North Korean nuclear test Research was the detonation of a nuclear device conducted Action by North Korea on October 9 , 2006 .

On October 3 , 2006 , North Korea announced Expressing_publicly its intention to conduct Action a nuclear test Research .

United States officials suggested Convincing the device may have been a nuclear explosive that misfired .

Both the United States and the Soviet Union initiated Process_start massive resupply efforts to their respective allies during the war , and this led to Causation a near-confrontation between the two nuclear superpowers .

operation scorch sword ( ) was a surprise airstrike Attack carried out Action by islamic republic of iran air force ( iriaf ) on 30 september 1980 , that damaged Damaging an unk nuclear reactor 17 km south-east of baghdad , iraq .

They flew Motion stealthily to Tuwaitha , a city ten miles ( 17.58 km ) southeast of Baghdad , home to the `` Osirak '' nuclear reactor .

This was the first attack Attack on a nuclear reactor and only the third on a nuclear facility in history .

This was the first attack Attack on a nuclear reactor and only the third on a nuclear facility in history .

It was also the first instance of a preventive attack Attack on a nuclear reactor , the intent of which was to forestall the development of a nuclear weapon .

It was also the first instance of a preventive attack Attack on a nuclear reactor , the intent of which was to forestall the development of a nuclear weapon .

This was the second major military standoff between India and Pakistan following the successful detonation of nuclear devices by both countries in 1998 , with the first being the Kargil War of 1999 .

in western media , coverage of the standoff Hostile_encounter focused Aiming on the possibility of a nuclear war between the two countries and the implications of the potential conflict on the american-led `` global war on terrorism '' in nearby afghanistan .